Events Tagged: "Antiochus"

Battle of Magnesia - Scipio defeats Seleucid Antiochus III, Rome becomes arbiter of Eastern Mediterranean

Antiochus IV Epiphanes becomes Seleucid king - begins aggressive Hellenization of Judea, calls himself 'God Manifest'

Antiochus plunders Temple - returning from Egypt, kills thousands of Jews, takes Temple treasures including golden altar

Death of Antiochus IV - dies of disease in Persia, reportedly mad, seen as divine punishment for Temple desecration