biography
| name: |
Antiochus IV
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known as Antiochus Epiphanes
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pronunciation:
[antiyokus]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.215–163 BC)
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| biography:
| Seleucid king of Syria, the son of Antiochus III. He succeeded his brother in 175 BC, then fought against Egypt and conquered a great part of it. He twice took Jerusalem, provoking the Jews to a successful insurrection under Mattathias and his sons, the Maccabees. |
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