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Seleucus V Philometor

Seleucus V Philometor
Crown Prince and King of Syria
Co-regent (King) of the Seleucid Empire
(Co-regent of Syria)
Reign126–125 BC (with his mother Cleopatra Thea)
Coronation125 BC
PredecessorDemetrius II Nicator and Alexander II Zabinas
SuccessorCleopatra Thea and Antiochus VIII Grypus
BornUnknown
Died125 BC
DynastySeleucid
FatherDemetrius II Nicator
MotherCleopatra Thea

The Seleucid king Seleucus V Philometor (Greek: Σέλευκος Ε΄ ὁ Φιλομήτωρ; 126/125 BC), ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the eldest son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea.[1] The epithet Philometor means "mother-loving" and in the Hellenistic world usually indicated that the mother acted as co-regent for the prince.

  1. ^ Appian, Syriaca 68

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