Antiochus, who called himself the Great, dared to wage war against the Romans on the pretext of asserting the freedom of Greece.
Antiochus, qui se Magnum vocavit, contra Romanos bellum gerere ausus est, ut Graeciae libertatem assereret.
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Antiochus III the Great
Sixth ruler of the Seleucid Empire (r. 223-187 BC), called "the Great" after his Anabasis (212-205 BC) reasserted Seleucid suzerainty as far as Parthia, Bactria, and the Kabul valley. He won Coele Syria from Ptolemaic Egypt at the Battle of Panium (198 BC), then collided with the Roman Republic over Greek freedom; defeats at Thermopylae (191 BC) and Magnesia (190 BC) and the punitive Treaty of Apamea (188 BC) stripped him of Asia Minor. He died in 187 BC plundering a temple at Elymais to pay Rome's indemnity — the last great Hellenistic king whose career closed the long curtain of Seleucid expansion.
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Antiochus III the Great's Other Quotes
Antiochus, the Great King.
He granted the Jews permission to live according to the laws of their forefathers.
Antiochus, having attempted to plunder the temple of Bel at Elymaïs, was killed by the local inhabitants.
They had also defeated Antiochus the Great, king of Asia, who went to fight against them with one hundred twenty elephants and with cavalry and chariots and a very large army. He was crushed by them.