Demetrius I (Greek: Δημήτριος Α` born 185 BC reigned 161–150 BC) surnamed Soter (Greek: Σωτήρ – Savior) was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire.Demetrius was sent to Rome as a hostage during the reign of his father Seleucus IV Philopator and his mother Laodice IV. When his father was murdered by his finance minister Heliodorus in 175 BC. his uncle Antiochus IV Epiphanes killed the usurper but usurped the throne himself.
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