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Seleucus IV Philopator

Seleucus IV Philopator ("father lover"): name of a Seleucid king, ruled from 187 to 175.

Successor of: Antiochus III the Great

Father: Antiochus III the Great
Mother: Laodice III (daughter of Mithradates II of Pontus)
Wife: his sister (?) Laodice IV
Children:
- Antiochus (murdered in 170)
- Demetrius I Soter
- Laodice V (married to Perseus of Macedonia)

Born after 220
196: Thrace added to the Seleucid Empire; Seleucus is governor
192-188: Syrian War between the Seleucids and Rome.
190: Seleucus besieges Rome's ally Pergamon, captures the Roman commander Lucius Cornelius Scipio, takes part in the Battle of Magnesia (Roman victory)
189: Co-ruler of his father
188: Peace of Apamea; Seleucid empire has to abandon all land north of the Taurus and pay an indemnity
3 July 187: death of Antiochus III; Seleucus becomes king and tries to restore the Seleucid Empire by diplomatic means
178: Marries his daughter Laodice V to the Macedonian king Perseus, which is regarded by king Eumenes II Soter of Pergamon as an anti-Roman act; Seleucus has to send his son Demetrius as hostage to Rome; in return, his brother Antiochus returns
175: To pay the Roman indemnity, Seleucus orders his commander Heliodorus to obtain money in the temple of Jerusalem, but he encounters opposition. Heliodorus returns.
3 September 175: Heliodorus kills Seleucus; his wife Laodice V appears to have married Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who succeeds his brother

Succeeded by: his brother Antiochus IV Epiphanes