Antiochus I Soter ('the
savior'): name of the Seleucid king who ruled from 281 to
261. Antiochus Soter
built the great wall around Merv. 1,500 stadia is
over 172 miles in circumference.
Antiochus Soter |
ANTIOCHUS I., Soter, the son of Seleucus,
inherited his father's Asiatic dominions, and
soon after his accession he waged war against the
native kings of Bithynia, one of whom, Nicomedes,
called to his aid the Gauls, who were then
ravaging Thrace, Macedonia and Greece, and
rewarded them for their assistance by assigning
them a large territory in Northern Phrygia, which
had formed part of the dominions of Antiochus,
and which was thereafter called Galatia.
North-western Lydia was likewise wrested from
Antiochus and erected into the Kingdom of Pergamus.
Antiochus acquired the title of Soter (the
Deliverer), from his only important victory over
the Gauls (B. C. 275); but his operations were
generally unsuccessful, and his kingdom was very
much diminished in wealth and power during his
reign. Antiochus Soter was defeated and killed in
battle with the Gauls, near Ephesus, in B.
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