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Antiochus I

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Antiochus I (c. 324–c. 261 BC)

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Tumulus or burial mound of King Antiochus I, Nemrut Dagi, near Adiyaman, southeastern Turkey. During the 1st century BC, the 2,150 m/7,054 ft high peak of Nemrut Dagi was reduced to rubble and turned into the tumulus of Antiochus I. The terraces of the tumulus sport a number of statues including five gigantic heads of Apollo, Tyche, Zeus, Antiochus, and Hercules. The area is now a national park.

King of Syria from 281 BC, son of Seleucus I, one of the generals of Alexander the Great. He earned the title of Antiochus Soter, or Saviour, by his defeat of the Gauls in Galatia in 276 BC.



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For example, in the emic narrative of the Hasmonean revolt Antiochus is infuriated by the news of Judas' defeat of Seron's army at Beth-horon (1 Macc 3:27).
 
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