person
regis Antiochi
also: King Antiochus, kings of Syria, the boys
Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator (reigned c. 95-83 BC), Seleucid king of Syria, son of Antiochus IX Cyzicenus. With his brother (Antiochus XIII Asiaticus) he visited Rome to press the family's claim to Egypt through their mother Selene. Cicero at Verr. 2.4.61 recounts how Verres stole from the brothers a magnificent candelabrum intended for Capitoline Jupiter.
Reading notes
- Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book IV §61 kings of Syria, the boys
Antiochus XIII Asiaticus and his brother, the last Seleucid claimants; in c. 75 BC they had been at Rome lobbying the senate for recognition of their mother Selene's claim to Egypt, then returned through Sicily to Syria.