Alexander (10) Balas

Guy Thompson Griffith; Susan Mary Sherwin-White; R. J. van der Spek

doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.286

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Alexander (10) Balas

Guy Thompson Griffith,
Susan Mary Sherwin-White
and R. J. van der Spek

https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.286
Published online: 22 December 2015

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Alexander (10) Balas, king of the Seleudid empire (150–145 bce), claiming to be the son of *Antiochus (4) IV, usurped the Seleucid throne after the defeat and death of *Demetrius (10) I near *Antioch (1) (Antakya). He was a pawn of *Attalus II of Pergamum and *Ptolemy VI of Egypt and had support from the Roman senate.

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