He acquired his surname of Soter, or Saviour, from the Babylonians, whom he delivered from the tyranny of the Median satrap, Timarchus[?], and is famous in Jewish history for his contests with the Maccabees.
Hated for his vices, Demetrius fell in battle against the usurper, Alexander Balas, in 150 BC.
This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Preceded by: Antiochus V Eupator | Seleucid dynasty |
Succeeded by: Alexander Balas |
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