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<p>[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4871036, member: 73473"]Antiochus I Soter was born in late 324 or early 323 BCE, to Seleucus I Nikator and the Iranian princess Apama. Antiochus's parents were wed at Susa along with many other Macedonian and Iranian couples at the behest of Alexander III. Seleucus was one of the few Macedonian officers who did not immediately divorce his wife when Alexander died in 323 BCE. It seems that Seleucus and his wife genuinely loved each other, as they would remain married with her until her death decades later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antiochus had a fairly tumultuous childhood, as he was only nine years old when he and his family was forced to flee Babylon to Egypt in order to escape the wrath of Antigonus I. Antiochus next appears with his father at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BCE, age 23 or 22, where he was given command of one wing of the allied calvary. At Ipsus, Antiochus directly faced off against Demetrius I Poliorcetes and Pyrrhus of Epirus. Whether by design or accident, Antiochus and his calvary detachment were routed, with Demetrius and Pyrrhus in hot pursuit. In the meantime, Seleucus I cleverly sent a screening force of elephants to block Demetrius and Pyrrhus's calvary detachment from falling upon the allied coalition's phalanx. Without calvary support, the Antigonid flank was left exposed and crumbled, resulting in a decisive victory for the allied coalition that day.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In 292 BCE, Seleucus I made his son co-ruler and viceroy of the eastern satrapies. Antiochus spent most of his time in Bactria, where he built cities and fortifications to protect against nomadic raiders. Under Antiochus's rule, the general and explorer Demodamas defeated a nomadic raid on Parthia and Bactria, and led a Seleucid expedition far north into modern day Kazakhstan. In addition, Antiochus led rebuilding efforts in Alexandria Eschatate to shore up his most eastern boarder.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Antiochus was viceroy of the east, he oversaw the reconstruction of local temples in Babylon, and as a result the locals bestowed upon him the title of "King of the Universe". The title of King of the Universe originates back to Sargon of Akkad in 2334 BCE and had been bestowed upon his successors for millennia. The Antiochus cylinder, a football sized clay cylinder found in a temple wall, starts off describing Antiochus as:</p><p><br /></p><p><u>[<i><b>i.1]Antiochus, the great king,</b></i></u></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u><i>[i.2] the mighty king, king of the world, king of Babylon, king of (all) countries,</i></u></b></p><p><i><b><u><br /></u></b></i></p><p><i><b><u>[i.3] caretaker of Esagila and Ezida,</u></b></i></p><p><i><b><u><br /></u></b></i></p><p><i><b><u>[i.4] foremost son of Seleucus, the king,</u></b></i></p><p><i><b><u><br /></u></b></i></p><p><i><b><u>[i.5] the Macedonian, king of Babylon,</u></b></i></p><p><i><b><u><br /></u></b></i></p><p><i><b><u>[i.6] am I.</u></b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>After the murder of his father Seleucus I at the hands of Ptolemy Ceraunus in 281, Antiochus I made his way westward. Unfortunately for Antiochus, he was immediately beset with numerous revolts in the Syrian country side, and an invasion by Ptolemy II. Antiochus I managed to put down the revolts by 276, and led a successful defense of Syria against to forces of Ptolemy II. By 275 he was in Sardis, surveying the damage done to Seleucid interests when he engaged a large Celtic hoard in battle. Antiochus managed to win a spectacular victory thanks to his general Theodotas advising him to hide his sixteen war elephants until the battle began. By 271, Antiochus and Ptolemy II resumed hostilities, and Ptolemy II managed to take a number of coastal town in Cilicia before a peace was finalized.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In 268, Seleucus son of Antiochus I was executed for what historians call a mix of treason and incompetence. After his eldest son's death, Antiochus I elevated his youngest son, confusingly called Antiochus, to viceroy of the east. Antiochus I Soter would fight his last battle in 262 against the kingdom of Pergamon, where he was defeated. Antiochus stayed in Sardis for the next year where he would die of natural causes. He was 63 years old and had ruled the Seleucid empire for a total of 31 years with 21 of those being the senior or sole King.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antiochus I was a tough warrior king who went through his own twelve labors just to hold his fathers realm together. While he wasn't always successful, he never gave up and never showed the weakness or incompetence that would plague the later Seleucid monarchs. Many coins of Antiochus I often show him in a heavenly gaze with a look of desperation on his face, as if he was asking for divine help in his labors of keeping the Seleucid empire together.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently purchased this coin to act as an upgrade for my earlier place holder tetradrachm I have of his.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Seleucid Empire under Antiochus I Soter circa 270 BCE</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176260[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Antiochus Cylinder</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176262[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My original tetradrachm of Antiochus I Soter</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176265[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176266[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My upgraded example</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176267[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176269[/ATTACH]</p><p>Type: Tetradrachm</p><p>Date: c. 264-263 BCE.</p><p>Workshop/City Name: Seleucia on the Tigris</p><p>Metal: silver</p><p>Diameter: 30 mm</p><p>Corner Axis: 7 a.m.</p><p>Weight: 16.84 g.</p><p>Degree of rarity: R1</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sources/Fun reading</p><p><a href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/mesopotamian-chronicles-content/antiochus-cylinder/#:~:text=The%20Cylinder%20of%20Antiochus%20I%20Soter%20from%20the,the%20Ezida%20Temple%20and%20prays%20for%20divine%20protection" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/mesopotamian-chronicles-content/antiochus-cylinder/#:~:text=The%20Cylinder%20of%20Antiochus%20I%20Soter%20from%20the,the%20Ezida%20Temple%20and%20prays%20for%20divine%20protection" rel="nofollow">https://www.livius.org/sources/content/mesopotamian-chronicles-content/antiochus-cylinder/#:~:text=The Cylinder of Antiochus I Soter from the,the Ezida Temple and prays for divine protection</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antiochus-I-Soter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antiochus-I-Soter" rel="nofollow">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antiochus-I-Soter</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-men-we-have-more-reason-for-shame-saved-by-those-sixteen-brutes.362107/#post-4587296" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-men-we-have-more-reason-for-shame-saved-by-those-sixteen-brutes.362107/#post-4587296">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-men-we-have-more-reason-for-shame-saved-by-those-sixteen-brutes.362107/#post-4587296</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4871036, member: 73473"]Antiochus I Soter was born in late 324 or early 323 BCE, to Seleucus I Nikator and the Iranian princess Apama. Antiochus's parents were wed at Susa along with many other Macedonian and Iranian couples at the behest of Alexander III. Seleucus was one of the few Macedonian officers who did not immediately divorce his wife when Alexander died in 323 BCE. It seems that Seleucus and his wife genuinely loved each other, as they would remain married with her until her death decades later. Antiochus had a fairly tumultuous childhood, as he was only nine years old when he and his family was forced to flee Babylon to Egypt in order to escape the wrath of Antigonus I. Antiochus next appears with his father at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BCE, age 23 or 22, where he was given command of one wing of the allied calvary. At Ipsus, Antiochus directly faced off against Demetrius I Poliorcetes and Pyrrhus of Epirus. Whether by design or accident, Antiochus and his calvary detachment were routed, with Demetrius and Pyrrhus in hot pursuit. In the meantime, Seleucus I cleverly sent a screening force of elephants to block Demetrius and Pyrrhus's calvary detachment from falling upon the allied coalition's phalanx. Without calvary support, the Antigonid flank was left exposed and crumbled, resulting in a decisive victory for the allied coalition that day. In 292 BCE, Seleucus I made his son co-ruler and viceroy of the eastern satrapies. Antiochus spent most of his time in Bactria, where he built cities and fortifications to protect against nomadic raiders. Under Antiochus's rule, the general and explorer Demodamas defeated a nomadic raid on Parthia and Bactria, and led a Seleucid expedition far north into modern day Kazakhstan. In addition, Antiochus led rebuilding efforts in Alexandria Eschatate to shore up his most eastern boarder. As Antiochus was viceroy of the east, he oversaw the reconstruction of local temples in Babylon, and as a result the locals bestowed upon him the title of "King of the Universe". The title of King of the Universe originates back to Sargon of Akkad in 2334 BCE and had been bestowed upon his successors for millennia. The Antiochus cylinder, a football sized clay cylinder found in a temple wall, starts off describing Antiochus as: [U][[I][B]i.1]Antiochus, the great king,[/B][/I][/U] [B][U][I][i.2] the mighty king, king of the world, king of Babylon, king of (all) countries,[/I][/U][/B] [I][B][U] [i.3] caretaker of Esagila and Ezida, [i.4] foremost son of Seleucus, the king, [i.5] the Macedonian, king of Babylon, [i.6] am I.[/U][/B][/I] After the murder of his father Seleucus I at the hands of Ptolemy Ceraunus in 281, Antiochus I made his way westward. Unfortunately for Antiochus, he was immediately beset with numerous revolts in the Syrian country side, and an invasion by Ptolemy II. Antiochus I managed to put down the revolts by 276, and led a successful defense of Syria against to forces of Ptolemy II. By 275 he was in Sardis, surveying the damage done to Seleucid interests when he engaged a large Celtic hoard in battle. Antiochus managed to win a spectacular victory thanks to his general Theodotas advising him to hide his sixteen war elephants until the battle began. By 271, Antiochus and Ptolemy II resumed hostilities, and Ptolemy II managed to take a number of coastal town in Cilicia before a peace was finalized. In 268, Seleucus son of Antiochus I was executed for what historians call a mix of treason and incompetence. After his eldest son's death, Antiochus I elevated his youngest son, confusingly called Antiochus, to viceroy of the east. Antiochus I Soter would fight his last battle in 262 against the kingdom of Pergamon, where he was defeated. Antiochus stayed in Sardis for the next year where he would die of natural causes. He was 63 years old and had ruled the Seleucid empire for a total of 31 years with 21 of those being the senior or sole King. Antiochus I was a tough warrior king who went through his own twelve labors just to hold his fathers realm together. While he wasn't always successful, he never gave up and never showed the weakness or incompetence that would plague the later Seleucid monarchs. Many coins of Antiochus I often show him in a heavenly gaze with a look of desperation on his face, as if he was asking for divine help in his labors of keeping the Seleucid empire together. I recently purchased this coin to act as an upgrade for my earlier place holder tetradrachm I have of his. The Seleucid Empire under Antiochus I Soter circa 270 BCE [ATTACH=full]1176260[/ATTACH] The Antiochus Cylinder [ATTACH=full]1176262[/ATTACH] My original tetradrachm of Antiochus I Soter [ATTACH=full]1176265[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1176266[/ATTACH] My upgraded example [ATTACH=full]1176267[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1176269[/ATTACH] Type: Tetradrachm Date: c. 264-263 BCE. Workshop/City Name: Seleucia on the Tigris Metal: silver Diameter: 30 mm Corner Axis: 7 a.m. Weight: 16.84 g. Degree of rarity: R1 Sources/Fun reading [URL='https://www.livius.org/sources/content/mesopotamian-chronicles-content/antiochus-cylinder/#:~:text=The%20Cylinder%20of%20Antiochus%20I%20Soter%20from%20the,the%20Ezida%20Temple%20and%20prays%20for%20divine%20protection']https://www.livius.org/sources/content/mesopotamian-chronicles-content/antiochus-cylinder/#:~:text=The Cylinder of Antiochus I Soter from the,the Ezida Temple and prays for divine protection[/URL]. [URL]https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antiochus-I-Soter[/URL] [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-men-we-have-more-reason-for-shame-saved-by-those-sixteen-brutes.362107/#post-4587296[/URL][/QUOTE]
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