Chapter 73: The Wars of the Sons (first half) Flashcards
Agathocles
he was the oldest son and heir to Lysimachus.
Antiochus I/Antiochus the Savior
he was the son of Seleucus, he was half Persian and the empire he now headed had borrowed its basic structures from the Persians.
Antiochus III
he was the younger son of Seleucus II. He was only fifteen when he became king of the Seleucids in 223.
Antigonus II
he claimed the throne after Ptomely Ceraunus was killed. He was the grandson of Antigonus the One-Eyed’s.
Arsinoe
she was the daughter of Ptomely, she lived and Thrace and was married to Lysimachus.
First Punic War
it lasted for twenty three years from 264-241. The war was between the Carthaginians and the Romans.
Galatians
this was the name of the Gauls that had been fought off by Antiochus the Savior and settled in the Asia Minor.
Hamilcar Barca
he was a man in his mid-twenties that was given command of the Carthaginian army.
Ptolemy II
he was the younger son of Ptomely, he claimed the throne in 285.
Ptolemy IV
he succeeded his father Ptomely III in 222. Ptolemy IV was universally disliked by all of his biographers.
Ptolemy Ceraunus
he was the older son of Ptomely, he left the Egyptian court in a fit of pique after his younger brother claimed the throne.
Seleucia
this was the favorite city Antiochus had built. It was his largest and most favored city, which he built on the western bank of the Tigris and linked with the Euphrates by a canal.
