Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
Antiochus XIII was son of
Syrian king
Antiochus X Eusebes and
Egyptian princess Kleopatra Selene, who acted as regent for the boy after his father's death sometime between
92 and
85 BC. In
75 BC, after
Tigranes had conquered Syria, she travelled to
Rome to have her sons recognized as kings of Egypt, but to no avail. Selene was eventually captured and killed by Tigranes, but after the latter's defeat by
Pompey Antiochus XIII was made client king of Syria (
69 BC). After a few years Pompey had him deposed and killed by an
Arabian chieftain in
64 BC. His death is often said to have ended the
Seleucid dynasty, but he was survived by
Philip II Philoromaeus for a short time.