{"slug": "demetrius-ii-nicator", "label": "Demetrius II Nicator", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demetrius_II_Nicator", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309719", "qid": "Q309719", "description": "Seleucid king from 145 to 138 BC", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [-160, -124], "span_label": ["161 BCE", "125 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Demetrius II of Syria"], "related": [{"slug": "seleucid-empire", "label": "Seleucid Empire", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "ptolemy-vi-philometor", "label": "Ptolemy VI Philometor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-egypt", "label": "Ancient Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pergamon", "label": "Pergamon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crete", "label": "Crete", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antiochus-iv-epiphanes", "label": "Antiochus IV Epiphanes", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "demetrius-i-soter", "label": "Demetrius I Soter", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "attalus-ii-philadelphus", "label": "Attalus II Philadelphus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parthia", "label": "Parthia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mithridates-i-of-parthia", "label": "Mithridates I of Parthia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jaffa", "label": "Jaffa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -160, "year_label": "161 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius II Nicator, king of the Seleucid Empire from 145 BC and 129 BC (d. 125 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311856799#Births", "title": "161 BC", "revid": 1311856799, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -149, "year_label": "150 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The pretender to the Seleucid throne, Alexander Balas, who claims to be the son of the late Antiochus IV, defeats the Seleucid king, Demetrius I Soter, in battle and kills him. The Roman Senate, along with Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamum and Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt, support Alexander Balas and he becomes the ruler of the Seleucid Empire. Demetrius I Soter's son, Demetrius, goes into exile in Crete.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210509839#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "150 BC", "revid": 1210509839, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -147, "year_label": "148 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius II Nicator, claimant to the Seleucid throne had challenged Alexander Balas, in view of the threat of such an invasion Ptolemy VI Philometor entered Coele-Syria, passing through the cities of Ashdod and Jaffa, to Ptolemais.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341236547#Hellenistic_Egypt", "title": "148 BC", "revid": 1341236547, "section": "Events › By place › Hellenistic Egypt"}}, {"year": -146, "year_label": "147 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius II of Syria returns to Syria (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561239#Syria", "title": "147 BC", "revid": 1369561239, "section": "Events › By place › Syria"}}, {"year": -140, "year_label": "141 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius II of Syria made prisoner of Mithridates, king of the Parthians. Antiochus VII Sidetes becomes king of the Seleucid Empire in his absence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326020399#Syria_and_Judea", "title": "141 BC", "revid": 1326020399, "section": "Events › By place › Syria and Judea"}}, {"year": -128, "year_label": "129 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Having been freed by the Parthians, Demetrius II of Syria recovers the throne of the Seleucid Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561461#Syria", "title": "129 BC", "revid": 1369561461, "section": "Events › By place › Syria"}}, {"year": -124, "year_label": "125 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius II, king of the Seleucid Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100137#Deaths", "title": "125 BC", "revid": 1266100137, "section": "Deaths"}}]}