Philip II Philoromaeus

Relatives:

• Father: Philip I Philadelphus

• 83: Tigranes II the Great of Armenia conquers the remains of the Seleucid Empire. Its last king, Philip I Philadelphus, remains as ruler in Cilicia. (His relative Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator may already have been dethroned earlier.)
• 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 expells his relative Antiochus XIII from a part of his kingdom.
• 64: Pompey annexes Syria as province of the Roman Empire and dethrones Antiochus; the fate of Antiochus X is not known.
• Philip II Philoromaeus continues to rule in Cilicia.
• 58: Fall of Ptolemy XII Auletes, king of Egypt. Philip tries to obtain the Ptolemaic throne by marrying Berenice IV, but the Roman governor of Syria, Aulus Gabinius, prevents this.

• Diodorus of Sicily, Library of World History, 40.1a-b
• Cassius Dio, Roman History, 36.17