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Seleucus VI Epiphanes
Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nikator
(
Greek
: Σέλευκος ΣΤ΄), ruler of the
Hellenistic
Seleucid kingdom
, was the oldest son of
Antiochus VIII Grypus
and his wife
Tryphaena
. In 96 BC, Seleucus defeated his half-uncle
Antiochus IX Cyzicenus
in revenge for his father's death. However, the score was evened the next year (95 BC) by
Antiochus X Eusebes
, the son of Antiochus Cyzicenus, and Seleucus was forced to flee from
Syria
to
Mopsuestia
in
Cilicia
, where he set up his court, allegedly in luxurious style.
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