Person:Alexander Balas (1)

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Alexander Balas _____
 
d.145 BC
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  1. Laodice VI _____ - Bet 115 BC & 113 BC
  2. Antiochus V _____ - 161 BC
  3. Alexander Balas _____ - 145 BC
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  1. Antiochus VI DionysusAbt 148 BC - Abt 142 BC
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Name Alexander Balas _____
Gender Male
Marriage to Cleopatra Thea _____
Death[1] 145 BC
Reference Number? Q297657?


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Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, surnamed Balas, was the ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 150/Summer 152 – August 145 BC. Picked from obscurity and supported by the neighboring Roman-allied Kingdom of Pergamon, Alexander landed in Phoenicia in 152 BC and started a civil war against Seleucid King Demetrius I Soter. Backed by mercenaries and factions of the Seleucid Empire unhappy with the existing government, he defeated Demetrius and took the crown in 150 BC. He married the princess Cleopatra Thea to seal an alliance with the neighboring Ptolemaic kingdom. His reign saw the steady retreat of the Seleucid Empire's eastern border, with important eastern satrapies such as Media being lost to the nascent Parthian Empire. In 147 BC, Demetrius II Nicator, the young son of Demetrius I, began a campaign to overthrow Balas, and civil war resumed. Alexander's ally, Ptolemaic king Ptolemy VI Philometor, moved troops into Coele-Syria to support Alexander, but then switched sides and threw his support behind Demetrius II. At the Battle of the Oenoparus River in Syria, he was defeated by Ptolemy VI and he died shortly afterward.

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  1. ↑ Alexander Balas, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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