Ruler · 217 – 175 BCE

Seleucus IV Philopator

Lived 217 – 175 BCE. Seleucid ruler of Seleucid Empire, 187 BCE – 175 BCE.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 217 BCE – 175 BCE; 42 years
In office: 12 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Seleucid Empire
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Seleucid ruler

Seleucid Empire · the 9th of 15 dated reigns · 312 BCE – 64 BCE

5 before

Seleucus III Ceraunus225 BCE – 223 BCE

Antiochus III the Great224 BCE – 187 BCE

Antiochus210 BCE – 193 BCE

Seleucus IV Philopator187 BCE – 175 BCE

Antiochus IV Epiphanes175 BCE – 164 BCE

Antiochus V Eupator163 BCE – 161 BCE

Demetrius I Soter161 BCE – 150 BCE

3 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 187 BCE – 175 BCE · 12 years · came to it aged 30

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

On September 3, 175 BC (137 SE), Seleucus was assassinated by Heliodorus, one of his leading bureaucrats.

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