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Heracleides (ambassador)

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171: 76:, daughter of Antiochus, to Rome, where, by the lavish distribution of his great wealth, and the influence of his popular manners and address, he succeeded in obtaining an ambiguous promise of support from the Roman senate. Of this he immediately availed himself to raise a force of 87:
What became of him after this we know not, as his name is not mentioned during the struggle that ensued between Alexander and Demetrius, nor after the elevations of the former to the throne of Syria.
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upon the throne in 162 BC, Heracleides was driven into exile by the new sovereign. In order to revenge himself, he gave his support to, if he did not originate, the imposture of
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The same three ambassadors seem to have been sent again after Antiochus had been interrupted in his career of conquest by the mission of
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as one of the favorites of Antiochus Epiphanes, by whom he was appointed to superintend the finances of his whole kingdom.
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troops for the invasion of Syria, and effected a landing, together with Alexander, at
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After the death of Antiochus, and the establishment of
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
34:) was one of the three ambassadors sent by the 8: 16:For other people named Heracleides, see 96: 7: 14: 42:to Rome to support his claims on 169: 211:People from the Seleucid Empire 1: 221:2nd-century BC Greek people 197:. Vol. 2. p. 389. 18:Heraclides (disambiguation) 242: 31: 15: 216:Ancient Greek ambassadors 226:2nd-century BC diplomats 181:Bunbury, Edward Herbert 40:Antiochus IV Epiphanes 48:Ptolemy VI Philometor 66:Demetrius I Soter 233: 198: 173: 172: 163: 151: 145: 135: 129: 119: 113: 101: 33: 241: 240: 236: 235: 234: 232: 231: 230: 201: 200: 179: 170: 167: 166: 152: 148: 136: 132: 120: 116: 112:27.17, 28.1, 18 102: 98: 93: 70:Alexander Balas 21: 12: 11: 5: 239: 237: 229: 228: 223: 218: 213: 203: 202: 189:Smith, William 165: 164: 146: 130: 114: 95: 94: 92: 89: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 238: 227: 224: 222: 219: 217: 214: 212: 209: 208: 206: 199: 196: 195: 190: 186: 185:"Heracleides" 182: 177: 176:public domain 161: 160: 159:The Histories 155: 150: 147: 143: 139: 134: 131: 127: 123: 118: 115: 111: 110: 109:The Histories 105: 100: 97: 90: 88: 85: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 62: 60: 56: 51: 49: 45: 41: 37: 29: 28:Ancient Greek 25: 19: 192: 168: 157: 149: 141: 133: 125: 117: 107: 99: 86: 63: 52: 23: 22: 142:Syrian Wars 126:Syrian Wars 44:Coele-Syria 24:Heracleides 205:Categories 74:Laodice VI 32:Ἡρακλείδης 162:33.14, 16 78:mercenary 55:Popillius 183:(1870). 154:Polybius 104:Polybius 46:against 36:Seleucid 191:(ed.). 178::  82:Ephesus 138:Appian 122:Appian 59:Appian 38:ruler 187:. In 91:Notes 207:: 156:, 144:47 140:, 128:45 124:, 106:, 84:. 30:: 26:( 20:.

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Heraclides (disambiguation)
Ancient Greek
Seleucid
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Coele-Syria
Ptolemy VI Philometor
Popillius
Appian
Demetrius I Soter
Alexander Balas
Laodice VI
mercenary
Ephesus
Polybius
The Histories
Appian
Appian
Polybius
The Histories
public domain
Bunbury, Edward Herbert
"Heracleides"
Smith, William
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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People from the Seleucid Empire
Ancient Greek ambassadors
2nd-century BC Greek people
2nd-century BC diplomats

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