Demetrius II Nicator

Demetrius II Nicator

▪ king of Syria
Greek“Victor”
born 161 BC
died 125
 king of Syria from 145 to 139 and from 129 to 125 BC.

      The son of King Demetrius I Soter, he went into exile when his father was killed fighting the usurper Alexander Balas in 150. Demetrius returned to Syria (147) with an army of Cretan mercenaries, deposed Balas in 145, and installed himself on the throne. In 140 he drove back a Parthian invasion but was defeated and captured by the Parthians in 139. Demetrius was released from captivity in 129 and returned to Syria, but, during his second reign, he controlled only part of the kingdom. He was assassinated about four years later.

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