Heracleides has persuaded the Roman senate to …
Years: 150BCE - 150BCE
Heracleides has persuaded the Roman senate to support the young pretender against Demetrius.
The Romans conspire in 150 with Attalus II of Pergamon to supply Alexander Balas with mercenaries in his challenge and subsequent slaying of Demetrius.
With the support of the Roman Senate and the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, Balas, also called Alexander Epiphanes, assumes control of Syria and the remains of the Seleucid Empire.
Thus the family of Timarchus has contributed in no small way to the disintegration of the Seleucid realms.
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People
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- Roman Republic
- Greeks, Hellenistic
- Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom of
- Pergamon (Pergamum), Kingdom of
- Seleucid Empire
