A recent study by historian Connor Beattie, published in the Journal of Ancient History, reveals a little-known but crucial ...

The fight against Macedon meant taking seriously the endless intrigues of Greek cities and confederations, and these ultimately resulted in the war with Antiochus III, who had made good on his dynasty ...

Jerusalem, Judea’s capital, sided with Seleucid King Antiochus III to expel an Egyptian garrison, and a grateful Antiochus granted the Jews religious autonomy.

In 175 B.C.E. Antiochus III died, his son Mithridates became king, changing his name to Antiochus IV, and installed an ever-more intrusive government.

Opinion A Hanukkah for ‘Oct. 8 Jews’ The Hanukkah story is urgently relevant for American Jews who hoped assimilating would protect them.

How did this great ongoing transformation come about? In 200 BCE, King Antiochus III of Syria defeated Egypt and made the Land of Israel a part of the Seleucid Empire.

Explore Antiochus III's campaigns, from battling revolts in Media and Persia to his epic conquests during the Fourth Syrian War.

The first Cleopatra, Syra (“the Syrian”), was the daughter of the Seleucid king Antiochus III; her marriage to Ptolemy V in 193 B.C. was orchestrated to promote harmony among the rival kingdoms.

They were more than the fifteen that the Persian Darius III presented against Alexander at Gaugamela, but fewer compared to the seventy-three that Ptolemy IV opposed in 217 BC to the Seleucids of ...

The Seleucids bring changes During the late 3rd century BC, many battles took place between the Ptolemies, led by General Scopas in the south, and two Seleucid armies in the north, one led by ...