{"slug": "antiochus-ii-theos", "label": "Antiochus II Theos", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochus_II_Theos", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q222930", "qid": "Q222930", "description": "king of Seleucid Empire from 261 BC to 246 BC", "entries": 11, "years": 9, "span": [-285, -245], "span_label": ["286 BCE", "246 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ptolemy-ii-philadelphus", "label": "Ptolemy II Philadelphus", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "seleucid", "label": "Seleucid", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "macedon", "label": "Macedon", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "antigonus-ii-gonatas", "label": "Antigonus II Gonatas", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ephesus", "label": "Ephesus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "miletus", "label": "Miletus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "aegean-sea", "label": "Aegean Sea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antioch", "label": "Antioch", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seleucus-ii-callinicus", "label": "Seleucus II Callinicus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "phoenicia", "label": "Phoenicia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -285, "year_label": "286 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus II Theos, king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom from 261 BC (d. 246 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1156902149#Births", "title": "286 BC", "revid": 1156902149, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -261, "year_label": "262 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus I dies and is succeeded by his second son Antiochus II Theos.", "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": -260, "year_label": "261 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The new Seleucid king Antiochus II reaches an agreement with the king of Macedonia, Antigonus II Gonatas, to work together in trying to push Ptolemy II's fleet and armies out of the Aegean Sea. With Macedonia's support, Antiochus II launches an attack on Ptolemaic outposts in Asia Minor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278727971#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "261 BC", "revid": 1278727971, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -258, "year_label": "259 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Seleucid king Antiochus II starts the Second Syrian War against Ptolemy II Philadelphus to avenge his father's losses. Antiochus II finds a willing ally in Antigonus II Gonatas, the king of Macedonia, who has been dealing with Ptolemy II's attempts to destabilize Macedonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1073120545#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "259 BC", "revid": 1073120545, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -257, "year_label": "258 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The forces of the Macedonian King Antigonus II and the Seleucid King Antiochus II win a naval victory at Cos against their common enemy, Ptolemy II. This victory secures Antigonus control over the Aegean Sea and the League of the Islanders. It also diminishes Ptolemaic naval power.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1128147349#Greece", "title": "258 BC", "revid": 1128147349, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -254, "year_label": "255 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In the Second Syrian War, Ptolemy II loses ground in Cilicia, Pamphylia, and Ionia, while Antiochus II regains Miletus and Ephesus. A peace is then concluded between Antiochus and Ptolemy under which Antiochus is to marry Ptolemy's daughter Berenice Syra.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340601033#Egypt", "title": "255 BC", "revid": 1340601033, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -252, "year_label": "253 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The second Syrian War between the Seleucids and the Ptolemies ends. Antiochus II regains much of Anatolia from Ptolemy II, including the cities of Miletus and Ephesus, and also the Phoenician coast.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172725#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "253 BC", "revid": 1354172725, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -249, "year_label": "250 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Andragoras, a Seleucid satrap of the province of Partahia (Parthia), tries to gain independence from the Seleucid Kingdom under Antiochus II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278897656#Persia", "title": "250 BC", "revid": 1278897656, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": -245, "year_label": "246 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus II leaves Berenice in order to live again with his former wife Laodice and his son Seleucus. However, Laodice poisons him and proclaims her son as King Seleucus II Callinicus, while her supporters in Antioch kill Berenice and her children who have taken refuge at Daphne, near Antioch, in Syria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358219611#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "246 BC", "revid": 1358219611, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -245, "year_label": "246 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus II Theos, king of the Seleucid dominions in the Middle East from 261 BC. He has spent much of his reign at war with Egypt, recovering much of the territory in Anatolia lost in earlier wars between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid dynasties (b. c. 287 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358219611#Deaths", "title": "246 BC", "revid": 1358219611, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -245, "year_label": "246 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe, wife of the Seleucid ruler Antiochus II Theos, supplanting his first wife, Laodice, whose children she has persuaded him to bar from the succession to the throne in favour of her own.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358219611#Deaths", "title": "246 BC", "revid": 1358219611, "section": "Deaths"}}]}