. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. ANTIOCHUS, surnamed theGreat, was the most distin-guished of those sovereignswho are known in historyas the Successors, that is,of Alexander the long reign of this war-like king, the third of his name, constitutes the most eventfulperiod of Syrian history. His kingdom, of which Antiochwas the capital, included at his accession Syria, Babylonia,Media and part of Asia Minor, and he did much to recover,consolidate and enlarge his empire. Antiochus III. was a son of Seleucus Callinicus, and wasborn about
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. ANTIOCHUS, surnamed theGreat, was the most distin-guished of those sovereignswho are known in historyas the Successors, that is,of Alexander the long reign of this war-like king, the third of his name, constitutes the most eventfulperiod of Syrian history. His kingdom, of which Antiochwas the capital, included at his accession Syria, Babylonia,Media and part of Asia Minor, and he did much to recover,consolidate and enlarge his empire. Antiochus III. was a son of Seleucus Callinicus, and wasborn about 238 On the death of his brother SeleucusIII., surnamed Ceraunus (or the Thunderbolt), he ascendedthe throne in 223 , at the age of fifteen. His cousin,Achasus, recovered for him all the provinces of Asia Minor,which Attains, King of Pergamus, had annexed to that short-lived kingdom. In 220 , Antiochus commanded in personan army which defeated important rebellions in Media andPersis, and made a successful expedition into his absence, Achaeus, discon
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