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Demetrius II Nicator

Seleucid king from 145 to 138 BC

7 dated entries naming Demetrius II Nicator, drawn from 7 separate years between 161 BCE and 125 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Demetrius II of Syria in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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2nd century BC

  • 161 BCEDemetrius II Nicator, king of the Seleucid Empire from 145 BC and 129 BC (d. 125 BC)source
  • 150 BCEThe 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.source
  • 148 BCEDemetrius 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.source
  • 147 BCEDemetrius II of Syria returns to Syria (approximate date).source
  • 141 BCEDemetrius II of Syria made prisoner of Mithridates, king of the Parthians. Antiochus VII Sidetes becomes king of the Seleucid Empire in his absence.source
  • 129 BCEHaving been freed by the Parthians, Demetrius II of Syria recovers the throne of the Seleucid Empire.source
  • 125 BCEDemetrius II, king of the Seleucid Empiresource

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