Antiochus IV Epiphanes
215 BCE–164 BCE · Antioch (Antakya)
Antiochus IV Epiphanes was king of the Seleucid Empire from 175 to 164 BCE, a son of Antiochus III who pursued campaigns against Ptolemaic Egypt and sought to unify his realm around Greek culture. In 167 BCE he issued decrees that outlawed key Jewish observances in Judea, and he desecrated the Temple in Jerusalem by installing a pagan cult there and sacrificing on its altar. These measures provoked the Maccabean Revolt led by Judah Maccabee and his family, whose eventual recapture and rededication of the Temple is commemorated in the festival of Hanukkah. Antiochus died in 164 BCE during a campaign in the eastern part of his empire.
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