Chapter 74: Roman Liberators and Seleucid Conquerors (first half)

Question 1

Anitochus the Great (Antiochus III)

Answer 1

at the age of fifty, he was in his thirty-second year of rule over the Seleucid empire. His accomplishments earned him the name Anitochus the Great.

Question 2

Artaxias I

Answer 2

he was the founder of the Artaxiad Dynasty whose members ruled the Kingdom of Armenia for nearly two centuries.

Question 3

Brhadratha

Answer 3

he was the last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty. He ruled from c. 187–180 BCE. He was killed by Pushyamitra Sunga.

Question 4

Pusyamitra Sunga

Answer 4

he was the founder and first ruler of the Sunga Empire in North India. Pushyamitra was originally a “General” of the Maurya Empire.

Question 5

Asiaticus (Scipio)

Answer 5

he was a Roman general and statesman. He was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio and the younger brother of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.

Question 6

Demetrius I (of Seleucid Empire)

Answer 6

he was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. Demetrius was sent to Rome as a hostage during the reign of his father and mother.