Antiochus V Eupator

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Antiochus V Eupator was a young Seleucid king who briefly ruled Syria in the mid-2nd century BCE during the Maccabean Revolt before being overthrown and executed by his cousin Demetrius I Soter.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic ruler
Seleucid king
monarch
ageAtAccession about 9 years
ascendedThroneAs child king
besieged Beth-zur NERFINISHED
Jerusalem NERFINISHED
birthDate c. 173 BCE
capital Antioch on the Orontes NERFINISHED
coinageDepicts Antiochus V Eupator NERFINISHED
coinageIssuedIn Antioch NERFINISHED
contemporaryConflict Maccabean Revolt NERFINISHED
contestedBy Demetrius I Soter NERFINISHED
cousin Demetrius I Soter NERFINISHED
deathCause execution
deathDate 161 BCE
deathPlace Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
dynasty Seleucid dynasty NERFINISHED
epithet Eupator NERFINISHED
epithetMeaning of a noble father
era Hellenistic period NERFINISHED
father Antiochus IV Epiphanes NERFINISHED
foughtAgainst Judas Maccabeus NERFINISHED
Judean rebels
fullName Antiochus V Eupator NERFINISHED
governedWith Lysias as guardian and regent
grantedPrivilegesTo Jerusalem Temple NERFINISHED
heldTitle Basileus of the Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
kingdom Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
language Greek
legitimacyClaim son of Antiochus IV Epiphanes
mentionedIn 1 Maccabees NERFINISHED
2 Maccabees NERFINISHED
mother Laodice IV NERFINISHED
policyTowardJews partially conciliatory
predecessor Antiochus IV Epiphanes NERFINISHED
regent Lysias NERFINISHED
regnalName Antiochus V NERFINISHED
reignEnd 161 BCE
reignStart 164 BCE
religion Hellenistic Greek polytheism
ruledRegion Syria NERFINISHED
sentGeneral Lysias NERFINISHED
shortReign true
styleOnCoins Theos Eupator NERFINISHED
successor Demetrius I Soter NERFINISHED
wasExecutedBy Demetrius I Soter NERFINISHED
wasOverthrownBy Demetrius I Soter NERFINISHED

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Lysias regencyFor Antiochus V Eupator
Antiochus IV Epiphanes successor Antiochus V Eupator