Editing Seleucus V Philometor

{{Short description|King of the Seleucid Empire from 126 to 125 BC}}
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| succession   = Co-regent ([[King]]) of the [[Seleucid Empire]]
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| reign        = 126–125 BC (with his mother [[Cleopatra Thea]])
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| coronation   = 125 BC
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| predecessor  = [[Demetrius II Nicator]] and [[Alexander II Zabinas]]
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The [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] king '''Seleucus V Philometor''' ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: Σέλευκος Ε΄ ὁ Φιλομήτωρ; 126/125 BC), ruler of the [[Hellenistic]] [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid kingdom]], was the eldest son of [[Demetrius II Nicator]] and [[Cleopatra Thea]].<ref>[[Appian]], ''Syriaca'' 68</ref> The epithet ''Philometor'' means "mother-loving" and in the [[Hellenistic Greece|Hellenistic]] world usually indicated that the mother acted as co-regent for the prince.

==Biography==
Just before [[Antiochus VII Sidetes]] died fighting the [[Parthian Empire]] in late 129, the Parthian king [[Phraates II]] had released Demetrius II, who entered Syria in ca. September 129. This forced Seleucus V's half-brother [[Antiochus IX]] to flee to [[Cyzicus]]. Cleopatra Thea remarried Demetrius and reunited him with his two sons, Seleucus V and [[Antiochus VIII]].<ref>Jos. Ant. 13.253, 268, 271; Justin 38.10.11; id. Prol. 39; Eus. Chron. (Smith ed.): 257; Hieron. Chron. 163.1; Livy Epit. 60.11.</ref>

The Parthians captured Antiochus VII's son, also named Seleucus, and Laodice, Seleucus V's sister, who had accompanied the fallen king on campaign.<ref>Justin 38.10.10.</ref> Phraates married Laodice,<ref name="ogden-dinasties">{{cite book|last1=Ogden|first1=Daniel|title=Polygamy Prostitutes and Death. The Hellenistic Dynasties|date=1999|publisher=Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.|location=London|isbn=07156-29301|page=150}}</ref> and showed great favor to Seleucus, son of Antiochus VII.<ref>Eus. Chron. (Smith ed.): 257; Athen. 4.38a-b; Justin 38.10.10.</ref> While Demetrius II was preoccupied fighting the usurper [[Alexander II Zabinas]], the Parthians sent this Seleucus back to Syria, hoping he could take the throne as their puppet king. The attempt failed, and he spent the rest of his life in Parthia.<ref>R. Shayegan. Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia. Cambridge, 2011. pp.146-8.</ref>

Instead, after his father was murdered outside of [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] in 125, Seleucus V claimed the throne as the eldest son of Demetrius II; however, he was soon killed by his own mother.<ref>Jos. Ant. 13.268-9; Justin 39.1.7-9; id. Prol. 39; Eus. Chron. (Smith ed.): 257; Livy Epit. 60.11.</ref> According to [[Appian]], Cleopatra Thea had aided in the death of Demetrius and feared that Seleucus V might avenge his father. This encouraged her to remove Seleucus in favor of his younger brother, Antiochus VIII.<ref>Appian, ''Syriaca'' 68-69</ref>

==See also==
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* [[List of Syrian monarchs]]
* [[Timeline of Syrian history]]

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