Was antiochus epiphanes greek

He was one of the most prominent Greeks in the Empire. Philopappos was a man of aristocratic and well-connected origins. Antiochus IV and Iotapa were husband, wife and full blooded-siblings.

Where is antiochus epiphanes in the bible

He was of Armenian , Greek and Median descent. Through his paternal grandparents, he could trace lineage to the Syrian Kingdom, the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom. His maternal grandparents were Tiberius Claudius Balbilus and his wife, whose name is unknown. Balbilus was an astrologer and a learned scholar, who was later Prefect of Egypt.

Balbilus and his father, an Egyptian Greek grammarian and astrologer called Thrasyllus of Mendes or Tiberius Claudius Thrasyllus, were friends to some of the first Roman Emperors, including Tiberius , Claudius , and Vespasian. Philopappos was born in Samosata , the capital of the Kingdom of Commagene, in the court of the palace of Antiochus IV.

His nickname and the name he is commonly known by today is Philopappos or Philopappus. Philopappos means Fond of Grandfather. Philopappos had a traditional Greek upper-class education. It is not known whether these accusations were true or false. After reading the letters Vespasian felt that he could longer trust the family of Antiochus IV to protect the strategic crossing at the Euphrates River at Samosata, and so he gave orders to Antiochus IV to terminate his rule in Commagene.

The client Kings Aristobulus of Chalcis and Sohaemus of Emesa also supplied troops to Paetus, all of which arrived the night before the battle. On the morning of the day on which the battle was supposed to occur, out of fear of the Romans, Epiphanes, along with his family, and Callinicus fled to the King of Parthia while Antiochus IV fled to Cilicia.

There is a possibility that Epiphanes and Callinicus had engaged in a short-lived attempt to resist invasion before they fled to Parthia.