Editing Antiochus XIII Asiaticus (section)

==Biography==
[[File:Cleopatra Selene of Syria.jpg|thumb|left|Coin of Cleopatra Selene (front) and Antiochus XIII]]
Antiochus took the throne after the death of his father, king [[Antiochus X Eusebes]], sometime between 92 and 88 BC. The new king was underage, and his mother, the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemaic]] princess [[Cleopatra Selene of Syria]], acted as his regent.<ref>[[Cicero]], ''In C. Verrem'' II 4.61, [[Appian]], ''Syriaca'' VIII 49, XI 70, [[Justin (historian)|Justin]], ''Historiarum Philippicarum T. Pompeii Trogi'' XL 2.2 (says Antiochus IX was his father). See also: [http://www.tyndalehouse.com/egypt/ptolemies/selene_i.htm#Selene.28 {{Aut|C.J. Bennett}}, art. Cleopatra Selene queen of Syria, in ''Egyptian Royal Genealogy'', 2002-2008 (n. 28).] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509063944/http://www.tyndalehouse.com/egypt/ptolemies/selene_i.htm#Selene.28 |date=9 May 2013 }}</ref> Some time after [[Tigranes the Great|Tigranes]] had conquered Syria (83 or 74 BC), Antiochus and his brother traveled to [[Rome]] to have recognized as kings of Egypt, but to no avail. However, between 75 BC and 73 BC, they were recognized as "Kings of Syria", and "maintained a royal state".<ref>{{Aut|E.R. Bevan}}, ''The House of Seleucus'', London, 1902, p. 263.</ref> Selene was eventually captured and killed by Tigranes. However, after the latter's defeat by [[Lucullus|Lucius Licinius Lucullus]] at the [[Battle of Tigranocerta]], the residents of [[Antioch]] hailed Antiochus XIII as king, and Lucullus approved his appointment as client ruler of Syria (69 BC).<ref>Appian, ''Syriaca'' VIII 49, Justin, ''Historiarum Philippicarum T. Pompeii Trogi'' XL 2.2.</ref>

In 64 BC, [[Pompey]] had Antiochus XIII deposed and killed by a Syrian chieftain, [[Sampsiceramus I]].<ref>Appian, ''Syriaca'' VIII 49, XI 70, Justin, ''Historiarum Philippicarum T. Pompeii Trogi'' XL 2.2, [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''Bibliotheca Historica'' XL 1a-b.</ref> Antiochus' death is traditionally said to have ended the [[Seleucid dynasty]], but he was survived by [[Philip II Philoromaeus]] for a short time and by [[Seleucus VII Philometor]] until 58 BC, if the latter is identified with same prince who briefly married [[Berenice IV]] of Egypt.