Demetrius III. Eucerus

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Selucids

Selecus I. Nicator

Antiochus I. Soter

Antiochus II. Theos

Selecus II. Callinicus

Selecus III. Ceraunus

Antiochus III. the Great

Seleucus IV. Philopator

Antiochus IV. Epiphanes

Antiochus V. Eupator

Demetrius I. Soter

Demetrius II. Nicator

Antiochus VII. Sidetes

Selecus V.

Antiochus VIII. Grypus

Antoichus IX. Cyzicenus

Seleucus VI.

Antoichus IX.

Antoichus X.

Antoichus XI.

Demetrius III. Eucerus

Antiochus XII. Dionysus

Antiochus XIII. Asiaticus

On the death of Antiochus VIII (96) his domains and claims were inherited by his elder son Seleucus VI.. Defeated by Seleucus near Antiochia in 95, Antiochus IX. committed suicide to escape imprisonment. However, his son Antoichus X. defeated Seleucus in the same year, and the latter had to flee to Cilicia, where he died. His two brothers Antoichus XI. and Philip continued the war, but were defeated, and during the flight Antiochus XI met death in the waves of the Orontes. PHILIP continued the war, and succeeded in securing possession of at least a portion of Syria, while the fourth son of Antiochus VIII, Demetrius III. Eucerus, was elevated to the rank of king in Damascus by Ptolemy Soter II. of Egypt.