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Antiochus VII Sidetes

d. 129 BCE · 2nd century BCE

Antiochus VII Sidetes was a Seleucid king who attempted to restore the dynasty's power in the second century BCE. He launched a major campaign to recover Mesopotamia and the east from the Parthians but was defeated and killed in 129 BCE. His death ended Seleucid hopes of regaining the eastern provinces.

Antiochus VII Sidetes
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