(Ἀντίοχος), king of SYRIA, surnamed EUSEBES (Εὐσέβης), and on coins. Philopator (Φιλοπάτωρ) also, succeeded to the throne on the death of his father Antiochus
IX. B. C. 95. He defeated Seleucus, who conquered his father, and
compelled him to fly into Cilicia, where he perished; but he then had to contend with the next
two brothers of Seleucus, Philip and Antiochus Epiphanes, the latter of whom assumed the title
of king, and is known as the eleventh king of Syria of this name. In a battle fought near the
Orontes, Antiochus X. defeated Philip and Antiochus XI., and the latter was drowned in the
river. The crown was now assumed by Philip, who continued to prosecute the war assisted by his
brother, Demetrius Eucaerus. The Syrians, worn out with these civil broils, offered the
kingdom to Tigranes, king of Armenia, who accordingly took possession of Syria in B. C. 83, and ruled over it till he was defeated by Lucullus in B. C. 69. The time of the death of Antiochus X. is uncertain. He appears,
however, to have fallen in battle against the Parthians, before Tigranes obtained possession
of Syria. (J. AJ 13.13.4.) According to some accounts he
survived the reign of Tigranes, and returned to his kingdom after the conquest of the latter
by Lucullus (Euseb. p. 192 ; Justin, 40.2); but these accounts
ascribe to Antiochus X. what belongs to his son Antiochus XIII. (See Clinton, F. H. vol. iii. pp. 338, 340.) Jupiter is represented on the reverse of the annexed
coin as in that of Antiochus IV.