{"slug": "antiochus-i-soter", "label": "Antiochus I Soter", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochus_I_Soter", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211488", "qid": "Q211488", "description": "Ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 281 to 261 BC", "entries": 15, "years": 14, "span": [-323, -260], "span_label": ["324 BCE", "261 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ancient-egypt", "label": "Ancient Egypt", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "ptolemy-ii-philadelphus", "label": "Ptolemy II Philadelphus", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "seleucid-empire", "label": "Seleucid Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "seleucid", "label": "Seleucid", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "miletus", "label": "Miletus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "seleucus-i-nicator", "label": "Seleucus I Nicator", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "palestine-region", "label": "Palestine (region)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyrenaica", "label": "Cyrenaica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gaul", "label": "Gaul", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -323, "year_label": "324 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus I Soter, King of the Seleucid dynasty (d. 261 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242939237#Births", "title": "324 BC", "revid": 1242939237, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -293, "year_label": "294 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Stratonice, daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes and wife of Seleucus marries her stepson Antiochus. Seleucus has reportedly instigated the marriage after discovering that his son by his late wife Apama was in danger of dying of lovesickness as he has fallen in love with his beautiful stepmother.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129455#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "294 BC", "revid": 1350129455, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -292, "year_label": "293 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "When an invasion of nomads threatens the eastern possessions of his realm (i.e. between the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea and the Indian Ocean), Seleucus hands over the government of these lands west of the Euphrates to his son Antiochus. Antiochus is appointed co-regent and commander-in-chief of these territories.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129456#Persia", "title": "293 BC", "revid": 1350129456, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": -291, "year_label": "292 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus I Soter anointed as king of the Seleucid Syria", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367905067#Greece", "title": "292 BC", "revid": 1367905067, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -280, "year_label": "281 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Seleucus is succeeded as ruler of the Seleucid Empire by Antiochus, who was already king of the Syrian part of the empire. He is immediately beset by revolts in Syria (probably instigated by Ptolemy II of Egypt) and by independence movements in northern Anatolia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366700718#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "281 BC", "revid": 1366700718, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -279, "year_label": "280 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus makes his eldest son, Seleucus, king in the east, but he proves to be incompetent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1338748993#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "280 BC", "revid": 1338748993, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -278, "year_label": "279 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The aggression of Ptolemy II of Egypt continues to cause friction with Antiochus as he takes Miletus in south-western Asia Minor from him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1226777989#Egypt", "title": "279 BC", "revid": 1226777989, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -277, "year_label": "278 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "After their defeats in Greece, the Gauls move into Asia Minor. The Seleucid king Antiochus wins a major battle over the Gauls leading to his being given the title of Soter (Greek for \"saviour\"). The Gauls settle down to become the \"Galatians\" and are paid 2,000 talents annually by the Seleucid kings to keep the peace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129454#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "278 BC", "revid": 1350129454, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -275, "year_label": "276 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The first of the Syrian Wars starts between Egypt's Ptolemy II and Seleucid emperor Antiochus I Soter. The Egyptians invade northern Syria, but Antiochus defeats and repels his opponent's army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1256257267#Egypt", "title": "276 BC", "revid": 1256257267, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -274, "year_label": "275 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus's alliance with Antigonus II, now fully in possession of Macedonia, is cemented by Antigonus's marriage to Phila, Antiochus's half sister.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1164823364#Greece", "title": "275 BC", "revid": 1164823364, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -273, "year_label": "274 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Magas of Cyrene marries Apama, the daughter of Antiochus and uses his marital alliance to foment a pact to invade Egypt. He opens hostilities against his half brother Ptolemy II, by declaring his province of Cyrenaica to be independent and then attacks Egypt from the west as Antiochus I takes the Egyptian controlled areas in coastal Syria and southern Anatolia, after which he attacks Palestine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367769282#Egypt", "title": "274 BC", "revid": 1367769282, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -271, "year_label": "272 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Seleucid king Antiochus I Soter is defeated by Egypt's Ptolemy II during the First Syrian War. Ptolemy II annexes Miletus, Phoenicia and western Cilicia from Antiochus. As a result, Ptolemy II extends Egyptian rule as far as Caria and into most of Cilicia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172942#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "272 BC", "revid": 1354172942, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -261, "year_label": "262 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Seleucid king Antiochus I's eldest son Seleucus, who has ruled in the east of the kingdom as viceroy for a number of years, is put to death by his father on the charge of rebellion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325948866#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "262 BC", "revid": 1325948866, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -261, "year_label": "262 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus I Soter, king of the Seleucid Kingdom from 281 BC (b. c. 323 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325948866#Deaths", "title": "262 BC", "revid": 1325948866, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -260, "year_label": "261 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus I Soter, Greek king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire (or 262 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278727971#Deaths", "title": "261 BC", "revid": 1278727971, "section": "Deaths"}}]}