KNOWN AS "THE GREAT""MEGAS"; KING OF SYRIA 223-187BC; DEFEATED BY ROMAN S AT MAGNESIA 190 BC; MURDERED WHILE ROBBING A TEMPLE IN THE ELYMAEAN HI LLS; b.242-d.187 BC Antiochus (III) Megas (the Great) of Syria, King 223-187 (Selecus (II) Callinius) was born in 242 BC. Antiochus was murdered in 176 BC. He married twice. He married first Laodice III of Pontus. Laodice was t he daughter of MithradatesII of Pontus, Kin
Antiochus Megus Seleucus