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

Question 1

Antiochus Epiphanes (Antiochus IV)

Answer 1

he was a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. He was a son of King Antiochus III the Great.

Question 2

Coele Syria

Answer 2

it was a Hellenistic term for a region of Syria.

Question 3

Demetrius I (of Bactria)

Answer 3

he was a Greek king of Gandhara. He was the son of Euthydemus and succeeded him around 200 BC.

Question 4

Eumenes

Answer 4

he was a Greek general and scholar. He participated in the Wars of the Diadochi as a supporter of the Macedonian Argead royal house

Question 5

Jonathan

Answer 5

he was the brother of Judas, he was granted by his uncle Demetrius I a fair amount of freedom to govern the Jews as he saw fit.

Question 6

Judas

Answer 6

he was the oldest brother of a family of five brothers who were descended from the old tribe of priests.

Question 7

Maccabean War

Answer 7

it was a conflict, lasting from 167 to 160 BC, between a Judean rebel group known as the Maccabees and the Seleucid Empire

Question 8

Perseus

Answer 8

he was the son of king Philip V of Macedon and a concubine. He was the last king of Macedonia (179–168), whose attempts to dominate Greece brought on the final defeat of Macedonia by the Romans.

Question 9

Third Macedonian War

Answer 9

it was a war fought between Rome and King Perseus of Macedon.

Question 10

Treaty of Apamea

Answer 10

it was peace treaty between the Roman Republic and Antiochus III (the Great), ruler of the Seleucid Empire.