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Antiochus, with Palestine secured, now devotes his …
Years: 130BCE - 130BCE
Antiochus, with Palestine secured, now devotes his attention to recovering the Seleucid domains in the east.
He assembles a powerful army, which once more includes men of Persis and Elymais.
The strength in numbers and the wealth of this army make an impression on contemporaries, who report that even the simple soldiers wear shoes cobbled with gold.
With enthusiastic support from the Hellenized cities, …
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- Iranian peoples
- Persian people
- Jews
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- Parthian Empire
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Years: 130BCE - 130BCE
Locations
People
Groups
- Iranian peoples
- Persian people
- Jews
- Greeks, Hellenistic
- Parthian Empire
- Seleucid Empire
- Hasmonean dynasty
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Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions