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Antiochus V Eupator (Greek: Αντίοχος Ε’ Ευπάτωρ whose epithet means of a good father; ca. 172 BC – 161 BC) was a ruler of the Greek Seleucid Empire who reigned 163–161 BC (based on dates from 1 Maccabees 6:16 and 7:1).Antiochus V was only nine years old when he succeeded to the kingship following the death in Persia of his father Antiochus IV Epiphanes and his mother Laodice IV.
