Antiochus XIII Asiaticus

Successor of: Tigranes II the Great of Armenia

Relatives:

• Father: Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator
• Mother: Cleopatra V Selene

• c.75: Death of Philip I Philadelphus, king of a Seleucid Empire that ha been reduced to Antioch and Beroea (modern Aleppo) and environment
• His successor is Antiochus XIII Asiaticus, who goes to Rome to ask for help; in the meantime, Tigranes II the Great of Armenia adds the remains of the Seleucid Empire to his realm
• 69: During the Third Mithridatic War, the Roman general Lucullus attacks Armenia and defeats Tigranes at Tigranocerta.
• Lucullus appoints Antiochus XIII Asiaticus as ruler of Syria
• 68/67: Recall of Lucullus; the Romans give the supreme command in the eastern wars to Pompey the Great
• 67/66: Supported by the population of Antioch and a local ruler from Cilicia, Philip II Philoromaeus expels his relative Antiochus XIII from Antioch
• 66/65: Antiochus restored
• 64: Pompey annexes Syria as province of the Roman Empire and dethrones Antiochus; he was murdered.

• Appian of Alexandria, Syrian Wars, 49

Literature

• O. Hoover, 'Revised Chronology for the Late Seleucids at Antioch (121/0-64 BC)' in: Historia 65/3 (2007) 280-301