Antiochus
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Antiochus is the name of thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty:
- Antiochus I Soter
- Antiochus II Theos
- Antiochus III the Great
- Antiochus IV Epiphanes
- Antiochus V Eupator
- Antiochus VI Dionysus
- Antiochus VII Sidetes
- Antiochus VIII Grypus
- Antiochus IX Cyzicenus
- Antiochus X Eusebes
- Antiochus XI Ephiphanes
- Antiochus XII Dionysus
- Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
Antiochus is also the name of four rulers of the small middle-eastern kingdom of Commagene:
- Antiochus I Theos of Commagene
- Antiochus II of Commagene
- Antiochus III of Commagene
- Antiochus IV of Commagene, who ruled during the time of Caligula;
- Antiochus of Ascalon, philosopher born late second c. B.C.; died c. 68/67 B.C.. skeptic and member of Plato's Academy
- Antiochus of Athens (1st or 2nd c. A.D.), philosopher and astrologer.
- Antiochus of Syracuse, historian of c. 425 BCE
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