Wars of Antiochus VII
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Were the military campaigns of Seleucid King Antiochus VII Sidetes against several usurpers.
Chronology
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January 146 BC: After defeating the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom in the east, Mithridates then focused on the Seleucid realm. He invaded Media and occupied Ecbatana in 148 or 147 BC.
January 129 BC: Sidetes' campaign initially met with spectacular success, recapturing Mesopotamia, Babylonia, and Media.
April 129 BC: His army was scattered in winter quarters throughout Media and Persis when the Parthian king, Phraates II, counter-attacked. Moving to intercept the Parthians with only the troops at his immediate disposal, he was ambushed and killed. Antiochus Sidetes is sometimes called the last great Seleucid king. After Antiochus was killed in battle, the Seleucid realm was restricted to Syria.
January 128 BC: After the death of Antiochus VII Sidetes, all of the recovered eastern territories were recaptured by the Parthians. The Maccabees again rebelled, civil war soon tore the empire to pieces, and the Armenians began to encroach on Syria from the north.
January 137 BC: In 138 BC Demetrius II's brother Antiochus VII Sidetes invaded Syria and brought his Diodotus Tryphon rule to an end.
January 129 BC: Antiochus VII Sidetes recaptured Mesopotamia, Babylonia, and Media and defeated the Parthian Satrap of Seleucia-on-Tigris in personal combat.
