Alexander Balas
ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom
Years: 170BCE - 145BCE
Alexander Balas, ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom in 150–146 BCE, is a native of Smyrna of humble origin, but gives himself out to be the son of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Laodice IV and heir to the Seleucid throne.
