Philip I Philadelphus

Successor of: Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator

Relatives:

• Father: Antiochus VIII Grypus
• Mother: Cleopatra V Selene
• Children: Philip II Philoromaeus

• After 114/113, the Seleucid dynasty was divided into two branches, a northern one and a southern one:
• The leaders of the south were Antiochus IX Cyzicenus and his son Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator.
• The leaders of the northern branch were Antiochus VIII Grypus and his son Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator.
• Late 95: death of Seleucus VI. Leadership of the northern branch is transferred to Seleucus' brother Antiochus XI Epiphanes Philadelphus.
• 94: The Egyptian king-in-exile Ptolemy IX Soter Lathyros makes Demetrius III Eucaerus and his (presumed twin) brother Philip I Philadelphus rulers of Damascus; they are successful in their war against Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator.
• 92: End of Antiochus XI Epiphanes Nicator; only Demetrius III and Philip I remain as representatives of the northern branch.
• 92: Parthian invasion; possible end of the reign of Antiochus X of the southern branch.
• 88: Philip and his brother Demetrius start to quarrel.
• 87: Demetrius is being captured by the Parthian king Mithradates III; as king, he is succeeded by his younger brother Antiochus XII Dionysus.
• 84: Antiochus XII defeated and killed by the Nabataean Arabs.
• 83: King Tigranes II the Great of Armenia adds the remains of the Seleucid Empire to his realm; Philip remains as ruler in Cilicia.

Sources:

• Appian of Alexandria, Syrian Wars, 48
• Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 13.369-371, 384-389