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Philip I Philadelphus
Philip I Philadelphus
was the 3rd son of
Antiochus VIII Grypus
and took the diadem in the
95 BC
together with his twin brother
Antiochus XI Ephiphanes
, after the eldest son
Seleucus VI Epiphanes
was killed by their cousin
Antiochus X Eusebes
. He managed to establish himself in
Antiochia
sometime after
92 BC
and survived attacks from younger brother
Demetrius III Euergetes
. His rule was ended in
83 BC
when
Tigranes
conquered
Syria
, or sometime before, and he disappears from history at that point, but later coins bearing his portrait were issued by the
Roman
authorities.
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