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• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Antiochus I (324 - 2 Juni 261 v.Chr.), bijgenaamd Sotèr (d.i. "redder" of "verlosser", Grieks ??t????? S?t??), was koning van het hellenistische Seleucidenrijk (Syrië) van September 281 tot aan zijn dood.
  
  Hij was de zoon van Seleucus I Nicator en Apame, en stond aan het hoofd van diens ruiterij in de Slag bij Ipsus in 301 v.Chr. Toen -volgens een anekdote uit de Syriaka van Appianus- uitlekte dat Antiochus smoorverliefd was op Stratonice, de jeugdige echtgenote van zijn vader, stond deze haar aan hem af. Tussen de twee koninginnen lijkt geen rivaliteit te hebben bestaan, aangezien Stratonice haar dochter Apame noemde.
  
  Tijdens de regering van zijn vader was Antiochus verantwoordelijk voor Babylon en de oostelijke gebiedsdelen. Deze periode is goed gedocumenteerd in de zogeheten "babylonian Chronicles from the Hellenistic Period" (de Babylonische kronieken uit de hellenistische tijd), die onlangs in het British Museum zijn teruggevonden en momenteel worden gepubliceerd.
  
  Na de moord op Seleucus in 281 besteeg Antiochus de troon, en besloot af te zien van zijn vaders veroveringsplannen met het oog op het Westen. Hij sloot een vredesverdrag met Antigonus II Gonatas van Macedonië en huwelijkte aan deze zijn zuster uit. Met dit huwelijk legde hij de grondslag voor een eeuw van vriendschap met Macedonië.
  
  Zijn bijnaam Soter ("redder") dankte hij aan zijn overwinning in de Slag der Olifanten in 276, tegen de Galaten die zijn rijk waren binnengevallen. In Klein-Azië weekte Pergamon zich van zijn rijk los onder Eumenes I, tegen wie hij in 262 een nederlaag leed.
  
  Antiochus I geldt als de voornaamste stichter van Griekse steden in het Oosten na Alexander de Grote.

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Antiochus I Soter (Greek: ??t????? ?' S?t??, i.e. Antiochus the Savior, unknown - 261 BC), was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned in 281 BC – 261 BC.
  
  Antiochus I was half Persian, his mother Apama being one of the eastern princesses whom Alexander the Great had given as wives to his generals in 324 BC. In 294 BC, prior to the death of his father Seleucus I, Antiochus married his stepmother, Stratonice, daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes. His elderly father reportedly instigated the marriage after discovering that his son was in danger of dying of lovesickness. Stratonice bore five children to Antiochus: Seleucus (he was executed for rebellion), Laodice, Apama II, Stratonice of Macedon and Antiochus II Theos, who succeeded his father as king.
  
  On the assassination of his father in 281 BC, the task of holding together the empire was a formidable one. A revolt in Syria broke out almost immediately. Antiochus was soon compelled to make peace with his father's murderer, Ptolemy Keraunos, apparently abandoning Macedonia and Thrace. In Anatolia he was unable to reduce Bithynia or the Persian dynasties that ruled in Cappadocia.
  
  In 278 BC the Gauls broke into Anatolia, and a victory that Antiochus won over these Gauls by using Indian war elephants (275 BC) is said to have been the origin of his title of Soter (Gr. for "saviour").
  
  At the end of 275 BC the question of Coele-Syria, which had been open between the houses of Seleucus and Ptolemy since the partition of 301 BC, led to hostilities (the First Syrian War). It had been continuously in Ptolemaic occupation, but the house of Seleucus maintained its claim. War did not materially change the outlines of the two kingdoms, though frontier cities like Damascus and the coast districts of Asia Minor might change hands.
  
  On March 27 268 BC Antiochus I laid the foundation for the Ezida Temple in Borsippa.[1] His eldest son Seleucus had ruled in the east as viceroy from 275 BC(?) till 268/267 BC; Antiochus put his son to death in the latter year on the charge of rebellion. Circa 262 BC Antiochus tried to break the growing power of Pergamum by force of arms, but suffered defeat near Sardis and died soon afterwards. He was succeeded in 261 BC by his second son Antiochus II Theos

• A child of Seleucus I "Nicator" Seleukid and Apame van Baktrien
• This information was last updated on November 29, 2012.

Household of Antiochus I "Soter" Seleukid

He is married to Stratonice van Syrië.

They got married before 293.

Child(ren):

1. Stratonice II van Macedonie  
2. Antiochus II "Theos" Seleukid   
3. Apama II Seleukid   
4. Laodice Seleukid  
5. Seleucus Seleukid  

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