He was compelled by financial necessities, created in part by the heavy war-indemnity exacted by Rome, to pursue an ambitious policy and was assassinated by his minister Heliodorus.
The true heir, Demetrius, son of Seleucus, now being retained in Rome as a hostage, the kingdom was seized by the younger brother of Seleucus, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, even though an infant son, also named Antiochus, was formal head of state for a few years until Epiphanes had him murdered.
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Preceded by: Antiochus III the Great | Seleucid dynasty |
Succeeded by: Antiochus IV Epiphanes |
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Preceded by: Antiochus III the Great | Persian Kings |
Succeeded by: Antiochus IV Epiphanes | Seleucid dynasty |