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Antiochus VI Dionysus (55 words) |
 | Antiochus VI Dionysus (c.148-138 BC) was king of Syria. |
| He was the son of Alexander Balas and Cleopatra Thea, daughter of Ptolemy VI. |
| He was nominated in 144 by the general Diodotus Tryphon as heir to the throne in opposition to Demetrius II. |
| Glossary (1028 words) |
| Antiochus I was the son of Seleucus I, founder of the dynasty, and Apama I. Joint-king with his father from 292, he succeeded him early in 280 and ruled until his death on 1 or 2 June 261. |
| Antiochus V Eupator, son of Epiphanes and Laodice, was put to death by the army in 162 on the arrival in Syria of his cousin Demetrius I Soter, the younger son of Seleucus IV and Epiphanes’ rightful successor. |
| Antiochus VI Epiphanes Dionysus, the infant son of the pretender Alexander Balas (ruled 150-145), was put forward as king by Diodotus (Tryphon) in 143, dethroned by him in 142 and murdered by him in 138. |
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