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Antiochus XIII Asiaticus

ruler of the Seleucid kingdom
Years: 97BCE - 64BCE

Antiochus XIII Dionysus Philopator Kallinikos, known as Asiaticus, is one of the last rulers of the Macedonian Seleucid kingdom.

He is a son of king Antiochus X Eusebes and the Ptolemaic princess Cleopatra Selene I, who acts as regent for the boy after his father's death sometime between 92 and 85 BCE.