. hus, who was obliged to quitAsia Minor and take refuge in Egypt. Seleucusundertook an expedition to the East, with theview of reducing the revolted provinces ofParthia and Bactria, which had availed them-selves of the disordered state of the Syrianempire to throw off its yoke. He was, how-ever, defeated by Arsaces, king of Parthia, in agreat battle which was long afterwards cele-brated by the Parthians as the foundation oftheir independence. After the expulsion ofAntiochus, Attalus, king of Pergamus, extendedhis dominions over the
. hus, who was obliged to quitAsia Minor and take refuge in Egypt. Seleucusundertook an expedition to the East, with theview of reducing the revolted provinces ofParthia and Bactria, which had availed them-selves of the disordered state of the Syrianempire to throw off its yoke. He was, how-ever, defeated by Arsaces, king of Parthia, in agreat battle which was long afterwards cele-brated by the Parthians as the foundation oftheir independence. After the expulsion ofAntiochus, Attalus, king of Pergamus, extendedhis dominions over the greater part of AsiaMinor; and Seleucus appears to have beenengaged in an expedition for the recovery ofthese provinces when he was accidentallykilled by a fall from his horse, in the twenty-first year of his reign, 226. He left two sons,who successively ascended the throne, Seleucu ^Ceraunus and Antiochus, afterwards surnameJthe Great. (Just, xxvii. 3; App. Syr. 66.) Hisown surname of Callinicus was probably as-sumed after his recovery of the provinces that. Coin of Seleucus II. Callinicus, King of Syria, 246-226. Obv., head of Seleucus; rev., BAE1AE02 2EAEYKOY: Apollostanding by tripod. had been overrun by Ptolemy.—III., surnamedCeraunus (226-223), eldest son and successorof Seleucus II. The surname of Ceraunus wasgiven him by the soldiery, apparently in deri-sion, as he appears to have been feeble both inmind and body. He was assassinated by twoof his officers, after a reign of only three years,and was succeeded by his brother, Antiochusthe Great. (Pol. iv. 48, v. 40; App. Syr. 66.)—IV., surnamed Philopator (187-175), was theson and successor of Antiochus the defeat of his father by the Romans, andthe ignominious peace which followed it, hadgreatly diminished the power of the Syrianmonarchy, and the reign of Seleucus was inconsequence feeble and inglorious, and wasmarked by no striking events. He was assassi-nated in 175 by one of his own ministers. Heleft
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