Silver tetradrachm of Demetrios I Soter, minted in Soloi, featuring a portrait of Demetrios on the obverse. SC 1611.3
Basileus of the Seleucid Empire
Reign
November 162 – June 150 BC
Predecessor
Antiochus V Eupator
Successor
Alexander Balas
Born
185 BC
Died
June 150 BC (aged 34 or 35)
Spouse
Laodice V
Issue
Demetrius II Nicator Antiochus VII Sidetes Antigonus
Dynasty
Seleucid
Father
Seleucus IV Philopator
Mother
Laodice IV
Demetrius I (Ancient Greek: Δημήτριος Α`, 185 – June 150 BC), surnamed Soter (Ancient Greek: Σωτήρ), reigned as king (basileus) of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from November 162 to June 150 BC. Demetrius grew up in Rome as a hostage, but returned to Greek Syria and overthrew his young cousin Antiochus V Eupator and regent Lysias. Demetrius took control during a turbulent time of the Empire, and spent much of his time fighting off revolts and challenges to his power from threats such as Timarchus and Alexander Balas.
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his claimed uncle, the Seleucid monarch DemetriusISoter, to request assistance in claiming his throne. Demetrius refused and had him sent to Rome, where...
father Demetrius had now become king of Macedonia. The alliance between Seleucus and Demetrius ended in 294 BC when Seleucus conquered Cilicia. Demetrius invaded...
wed his sister Laodice IV, by whom he had three children: two sons DemetriusISoter, Antiochus and a daughter Laodice V. During the prelude to the Roman-Seleucid...
a son named Demetrius, which was a common dynastic name at the time. The prince may have been named after the Seleucid DemetriusISoter. Indo-Greek Kingdom...
war in the Seleucid Empire and to seize the Seleucid throne from DemetriusISoter. In 149 BC, Attalus helped Nicomedes II Epiphanes to seize the Bithynian...
from the throne. Alexander turned to Pyrrhus and DemetriusI Poliorcetes for help, and DemetriusI overthrew Antipater and then had Alexander murdered...
defeated Demetrius of India, but the identity of this king is uncertain: he could be either DemetriusI, or Demetrius II, but more likely Menander I. Eukratideion...
to Jerusalem. Jonathan proved grateful. In 147 BCE, Demetrius II Nicator, a son of DemetriusISoter, started claiming the throne against Alexander Balas...
recall Demetrius from Greece, where his son had recently had an indecisive encounter with Cassander in Thessaly. Now Antigonus and Demetrius moved against...
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succession struggle with DemetriusISoter, who became the new Seleucid king. In the winter of late 162 BCE to early 161 BCE, DemetriusI appointed a new high...
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