Antiochus IV Epiphanes, b. 215 BCE, d. 164 BCE. Seleucid emperor, against whose Hellenistic strictures the Maccabees revolted during the Bar Kokhba Rebellion.
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« Back to Glossary IndexAntiochus IV Epiphanes, b. 215 BCE, d. 164 BCE. Seleucid emperor, against whose Hellenistic strictures the Maccabees revolted during the Bar Kokhba Rebellion.
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