Cleoptara Thea herself now takes power and…

125 BCE

Cleoptara Thea herself now takes power and soon also kills her oldest surviving son, Seleucus V.

Two different motives are given as reason for this deed: according to one version, he had attempted to claim the throne without her agreement (Livy, periochae 60; Justin 39.1.9); according to the other version, she was afraid that he might avenge the assassination of his father (Appian, Syriaca 69).

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