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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iamtiberius, post: 3519728, member: 37707&quot;]Dear friends of Ancient Mania,</p><p><br /></p><p>The stories of the atrocities that Antiochos IV had committed in Judea was one of the initial sparks that started my infatuation of Ancient History. I typically don&#039;t venture into bronze, but couldn&#039;t pass up this artistic representation of Zeus-Serapis.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you haven&#039;t already, you should read up on Antiochos IV. Some of his atrocities range from banning Judaism, executing circumcised babies, then hanging the dead child around the mother&#039;s neck, marching the women up to the Temple mount, and casting them off the edge of the hill, forcing Jews to worship Zeus, erecting a shrine to Zeus in the Jewish Temple, slaughtering a pig in the Jewish Temple, cooking young males on large bronze plates while circumventing it with spear-wielding soldiers; to push the males back onto the plate when trying to escape the scalding. It was no wonder that his fellow Seleucids&#039; secretive name for him was &quot;Epimanes&quot; (The Mad one.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Born, Mithradates, he later assumed the name of his fathers, Antiochos. Then, a few years later, assuming the full title, BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ. (Basileus Antiochos Theos Epiphanes) Literal translation, &quot;King Antiochus God Manifest.&quot;As seen on my example below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually, Antiochos&#039; occupation of Judea was driven out. After regaining control of the Temple, the Hasmoneans found only one cruze of oil to keep the lamp burning, enough for one day. Yet, it miraculously burnt for 8. Hence, the Festival of Lights, or Hanukkah.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antiochos died in 164 BC, after an 11 year reign. There are 3 accounts of his death, 2 of which are coming down with a sudden illness; or being stricken by God with severe internal pain, then later falling off a racing chariot, damaging every apendage, causing eventual death.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934555[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. </b>175-164 BC. Æ (33.5mm, 34.21 g, 1h). “Egyptianizing” series. Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 169-168 BC. Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis right, wearing tainia with Osiris cap at tip / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY / ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ. Eagle standing right on thunderbolt. SC 1413; HGC 9, 643.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Seleucid Empire coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>-Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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