Seleucus IV Philopator

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Seleucus IV Philopator was a Hellenistic king of the Seleucid Empire who ruled from 187 to 175 BC, known for his relatively quiet reign focused on paying heavy war indemnities to Rome after his father Antiochus III’s defeat.

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Label Occurrences
Seleucus IV Philopator canonical 7

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic king
Seleucid ruler
associatedWith Second Temple in Jerusalem
surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
birthPlace Seleucid Empire
capital Antioch
child Antiochus (son of Seleucus IV)
Demetrius I Soter
Laodice V
country Seleucid Empire
currencyUsed Seleucid tetradrachm
deathCause assassination
deathPlace Seleucid Empire
deathYear 175 BC
dynasty Seleucid kings
surface form: Seleucid dynasty
epithet Philopator
epithetMeaning father-loving
era Hellenistic period
father Antiochus III the Great
governmentType monarchy
hostage Demetrius I Soter
knownFor limited military campaigns
knownFrom Jewish historical tradition
ancient Greek historians
language Greek
mother Laodice III
name Seleucus IV Philopator self-link
notableFor paying heavy war indemnities to Rome
relatively quiet reign
owedIndemnityTo Roman Republic
policyFocus fiscal consolidation
payment of war reparations
predecessor Antiochus III the Great
regionRuled Mesopotamia
Syria
parts of Anatolia
regnalName Seleucus IV Philopator self-link
reignEnd 175 BC
reignStart 187 BC
religion Ancient Greek religion
royalHouse Seleucid kings
surface form: Seleucid dynasty
sentHostageTo Roman Republic
spouse Laodice IV
successor Antiochus IV Epiphanes
title Basileus
treatyObligation Treaty of Apamea

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Seleucus IV Philopator
Description of subject: Seleucus IV Philopator was a Hellenistic king of the Seleucid Empire who ruled from 187 to 175 BC, known for his relatively quiet reign focused on paying heavy war indemnities to Rome after his father Antiochus III’s defeat.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antiochus III the Great child Seleucus IV Philopator
Antiochus III the Great successor Seleucus IV Philopator
Seleucid Empire hasMonarch Seleucus IV Philopator
Antiochus IV Epiphanes sibling Seleucus IV Philopator
Antiochus IV Epiphanes predecessor Seleucus IV Philopator
Seleucus IV Philopator name Seleucus IV Philopator self-link
Seleucus IV Philopator regnalName Seleucus IV Philopator self-link