Antiochus I Soter

This article is about the Seleucid King of the third century BC. For the king of Commagene of the first century BC, see Antiochus I Theos of Commagene.
Antiochus I
Silver tetradrachm of Antiochus I Soter, minted in Magnesia on Mt. Sipylus, featuring a portrait of Antiochus on the obverse. SC 318c
Basileus of the Seleucid Empire
ReignSeptember 281 – 2 June 261 BC
PredecessorSeleucus I Nicator
SuccessorAntiochus II Theos
Bornc. 324 BC
Babylon, Macedon
Died2 June 261 BC
(aged 62-63)
SpouseStratonice
Issue
DynastySeleucid dynasty
FatherSeleucus I Nicator
MotherApama
ReligionMesopotamian religion[1] and Greek polytheism

Antiochus I Soter (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἀντίοχος Σωτήρ, Antíochos Sōtér; "Antiochus the Savior"; c. 324/3 – 2 June 261 BC) was a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire.[2] Antiochus succeeded his father Seleucus I Nicator in 281 BC and reigned during a period of instability which he mostly overcame until his death on 2 June 261 BC.[3] He is the last known ruler to be attributed the ancient Mesopotamian title King of the Universe.[4]

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  2. ^ Jones, C. H. W. (2012). Ancient Babylonia. Cambridge University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-107-60572-5.
  3. ^ "Antiochus I Soter". Livius.
  4. ^ Stevens, Kathryn (2014). "The Antiochus Cylinder, Babylonian Scholarship and Seleucid Imperial Ideology". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 134: 73. doi:10.1017/S0075426914000068. ISSN 0075-4269.