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'''Seleucus IV Philopator''', ruler of the [[Hellenistic]] [[Seleucid Empire]], reigned from [[187 BC]] to [[175 BC]] over a realm consisting of Syria (now including Cilicia and Palestine), Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Nearer Iran (Media and [[Persian Empire|Persia]]).

He was compelled by financial necessities, created in part by the heavy war-indemnity exacted by Rome, to pursue an ambitious policy and was assassinated by his minister [[Heliodorus]].

The true heir [[Demetrius I Soter|Demetrius]], son of Seleucus, now being retained in Rome as a hostage, the kingdom was seized by the younger brother of Seleucus, [[Antiochus IV Epiphanes]], even though an infant son, also named Antiochus, was formal head of state for a few years until Epiphanes had him murdered.

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	He was compelled by financial necessities, created in part by the heavy war-indemnity exacted by Rome, to pursue an ambitious policy and was assassinated by his minister [[Heliodorus]].		He was compelled by financial necessities, created in part by the heavy war-indemnity exacted by Rome, to pursue an ambitious policy and was assassinated by his minister [[Heliodorus]].

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