Phylarch. The ancestors of Sampsiceramus were Arabs, who settled in the Orontes Valley, and south of the Apamea region. Sampsiceramus I, his family and his ancestors...
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(son of Sampsiceramus I and brother of Alexander), reigned 48 BC–31 BC Alexander (brother of Iamblichus I and another son of Sampsiceramus I). Usurper...
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Pontus Polemon I of Pontus Polemon II of Pontus Sampsiceramus I 63-48 BC Iamblichus (phylarch) 48-31BC Iamblichus II 20 BC- 14 AD Sampsiceramus II 14-42 AD...
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Pompey had Antiochus XIII deposed and killed by a Syrian chieftain, Sampsiceramus I. Antiochus' death is traditionally said to have ended the Seleucid...
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dating from his reign, Sampsiceramus II with his wife Iotapa are known as a happy couple. However, Iotapa bore Sampsiceramus II four children: two sons...
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of the Emesene dynasty, governed first by one of the sons of Sampsiceramus I, Iamblichus I who made it the kingdom's capital. The Emesene proved their...
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Antiochus XIII Asiaticus is deposed and killed by the Syrian chieftain Sampsiceramus I – this is considered by some the end of the Seleucid dynasty. 64 BC...
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Antiochus XIII Asiaticus is deposed and killed by the Syrian chieftain Sampsiceramus I – this is considered by some the end of the Seleucid dynasty. Lucullus...
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paternal grandfather of Sampsiceramus I Iamblichus (phylarch) (died 31 BC), also known as "Iamblichus I", one of the sons of Sampsiceramus I Iamblichus II, son...
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dynasty was Sampsiceramus I, who came to power in 64 CE. He was succeeded by his son, Iamblichus, who was followed by his own son, Sampsiceramus II. Under...
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tribe of the Emesenes in Emesa (now Homs, Syria). He was the son of Sampsiceramus I and is first mentioned by Marcus Tullius Cicero in a despatch, which...
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of Aram-Damascus. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the region came under the rule of France, the United Kingdom and Prince Faisal...
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phylarch Sampsiceramus I from 64 to 63, when the Roman general Pompey captured it. Emesani control was restored by 46 BC when it was ruled by Iamblichus I. During...
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first built, on top of an extinct volcano, in the 1st century BC by Sampsiceramus I, the first Priest King of the Royal family of Emesa. Most of the original...
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Iotapa (daughter of Artavasdes I) (1), who married Syrian king Sampsiceramus II of Emesa (4) Iotapa (daughter of Sampsiceramus II) (who lived in the 1st century)...
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in 73. He was the second son of the previous ruling Emesene Monarchs Sampsiceramus II and his wife Iotapa. Alexion's late paternal uncle was the childless...
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following year, but now Uranius Antoninus (a priest originally called Sampsiceramus), a descendant of the royal house of Emesa, confronted Shapur and forced...
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have connected him to an Emesan priest active in this period, known as Sampsiceramus. It is not clear whether the coins that were struck in Syria belong...
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family of Emesa. He was the second born son and a child to Priest King Sampsiceramus II who ruled the Emesene Kingdom from 14 until 42 and Queen Iotapa....
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Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene Mithridates III of Commagene Iotapa Aka II of Commagene Antiochus III Iotapa of Commagene Iotapa of Emesa Sampsiceramus II Antiochus...
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Royal intermarriage (section Post World War I era)
and Phasa'el of Nabatea Iotapa and Sampsiceramus II of Emesa Though some emperors, such as Justin I and Justinian I, took low-born wives, dynastic intermarriages...
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surprise. Cicero was suspicious of the match, referring to Pompey as "Sampsiceramus" (a petty king of Emesa, whose kingdom Pompey had himself conquered)...
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daughters both called Iotapa. One daughter called Iotapa married King Sampsiceramus II of Emesa, Syria and another Iotapa, later married and ruled with...
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Syrian Princess from the Royal family of Emesa and daughter of King Sampsiceramus II and Queen Iotapa who ruled Emesa from 14-42. This marriage for Aristobulus...
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Julius Avitus), son of Sohaemus (Gaius Julius Longinus Sohaemus), son of Sampsiceramus, son of Alexio, son of Sohaemus Russell 1987, pp. 161–162. Sellwood...
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