This week, we're going to witness some of the fallout from the death of Antiochus II in 248 BCE. We don't just have one new monarch Seleucus II, but we have three- his full brother Antiochus Hierax will come to claim the crown from Anatolia and there is his half-brother Antiochus the Younger (the son of Berenice Syra) to contend with as well. Seleucus II will have to deal with the chaos of multiple people claiming the crown, as well as the stage being set for the Third Syrian War...

Sources for this episode:

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• The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2019), Antiochus II Theos (online) (Accessed c.22/01/2022).
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• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Antiochus II Theos (online) (Accessed c.22/01/2022).
• Authors unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Berenice Syra (online) (Accessed c.22/01/2022).
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Laodice I (online) (Accessed c.22/01/2022).