DSS Seleucid Kings & High Priests (Under Epiphanies) Flashcards
Y= Year D= Did
1
Q
Antiochus III (Y)
A
223-187 BCE
2
Q
Antiochus III (D)
A
Battles with Ptolemies for Levant
3
Q
Seleucus IV (Y)
A
187-175 BCE
4
Q
Antiochus IV Epiphanies (Y)
A
175-163 BCE
5
Q
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (D)
A
- Held by Rome as child
- Egypt 167 BCE (kicked out by Popilius Laenus)
- Desecrates Temple in 167 BCE
6
Q
Onias III
A
- High Priest deposed by Antiochus IV Epiphanies in 175 BCE
- Pro-Ptolemy
- Menelaus has him assassinated
7
Q
Jason
A
Put in 1st by Antiochus IV
8
Q
Menelaus
A
Outbid Jason