Antiochus

Also known as: King Antiochus · Family: foreign · Role: king · First appears: Annals III (11)

Life events

• Sohaemus and Antiochus joined Vespasian's cause with resources and military support.(Histories II.78-81)
  • With: Sohaemus Vespasian
  • “The party also gained the support of Sohaemus, with all the resources of his kingdom and a considerable force, and of Antiochus, the richest of the subject princes”
• Arsaces rebelled, preventing Antiochus from imposing Greek customs on the Jews.(Histories V.8-11)
  • With: Arsaces
  • “During the Macedonian ascendancy King Antiochus endeavoured to abolish their superstitions and to introduce Greek manners and customs. But Arsaces at that moment rebelled, and the Parthian war prevented him from effecting any improvement in the character of this grim people.”

Annals III (11)

• enemies with Lucius Scipio “the former after the defeat of Antiochus”

Histories II.78-81

• friends with Vespasian (Antiochus supported Vespasian's party.) “The party also gained the support of Sohaemus, with all the resources of his kingdom and a considerable force, and of Antiochus, the richest of the subject princes, who owed his importance to his ancestral treasures.”

Histories V.8-11

• enemies with Arsaces “During the Macedonian ascendancy King Antiochus endeavoured to abolish their superstitions and to introduce Greek manners and customs. But Arsaces at that moment rebelled, and the Parthian war prevented him from effecting any improvement in the character of this grim people.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.