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'''Antiochus II Theos''' ([[286 BC|286]]–[[246 BC]]), was an emperor of the [[Hellenistic]] [[Seleucid Empire]] who reigned [[261 BC|261]]–[[246 BC]]). He succeeded his father [[Antiochus I Soter]] in [[261 BC]]. He was the son of Antiochus I and princess Stratonice, the daughter of [[Demetrius I of Macedon|Demetrius Poliorcetes]].

He inherited a state of war with Egypt, which was fought along the coasts of [[Asia Minor]] (the "Second Syrian War"). Antiochus also made some attempt to get a footing in [[Thrace]]. During the war he was given the title "Theos" which means "God" in Greek, being such to the Milesians in slaying the tyrant Timarchus.

In Bactria, his satrap Diodotus revolted in 255 BC, and founded the [[Greco-Bactrian]] kingdom, which further expanded in India in 180 BC to form the [[Greco-Indian]] kingdom ([[180 BC|180]]–[[1 BC]]). Then about [[250 BC]], Arsaces led a revolt of the Parthians, which deprived him of those territories.

About this time, Antiochus made peace with [[Ptolemy II of Egypt|Ptolemy II]], ending the Second Syrian War. Antiochus repudiated his wife [[Laodice I|Laodice]] and married Ptolemy's daughter [[Berenice (Seleucid queen)|Berenice]] to seal their treaty, but by [[246 BC]] Antiochus had left Berenice and her infant son in Antioch to live again with Laodice in Asia Minor.

Laodice poisoned Berenice, her infant son, and in time Antiochus. She then proclaimed her own son [[Seleucus II Callinicus]] king.

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Antiochus II Theos - Revision history

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