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{{about|the Seleucid King of the third century BC|the king of Commagene of the first century BC|Antiochus I Theos of Commagene}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Antiochus I Soter

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| [[King of Kings|Shahanshah]] of [[Persia]]

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| mother = [[Apama]]

| birth_date = c. 324 BC

| birth_place = [[Babylon|Babylon]], [[Mesopotamia]]{{citationneeded|date=August 2021}}

| death_date = 2 June 261 BC<br>(aged 61–63)

| death_place = [[Seleucia]], [[Mesopotamia]]

| religion = [[Mesopotamian religion]]<ref>[https://www.livius.org/sources/content/mesopotamian-chronicles-content/antiochus-cylinder/#:~:text=The%20Antiochus%20Cylinder%20describes%20how,now%20in%20the%20British%20Museum. Antiochus Cylinder]</ref> and [[Ancient Greek religion|Greek polytheism]]

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'''Antiochus I Soter''' ({{lang-grc-gre|Ἀντίοχος ὁ Σωτήρ}}, ''Antíochos ho Sōtér''; "Antiochus the Saviour"; c. 324/3{{snd}}2 June 261 BC) was a [[AncientHellenistic Greeceperiod|GreekHellenistic]] king of the [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]] [[Seleucid Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Antiochus I Soter — British Museum|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG140760|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-07|website=www.britishmuseum.org}}</ref> HeAntiochus succeeded his father [[Seleucus I Nicator]] in 281 BC, andhe reigned during a period of instability over which he mostly overcame until his death on 2 June 261 BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livius.org/articles/person/antiochus-i-soter/?|title=Antiochus I Soter|work=Livius}}</ref> He is the last known ruler to be attributed the ancient Mesopotamian title [[King of the Universe]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stevens|first=Kathryn|date=2014|title=The Antiochus Cylinder, Babylonian Scholarship and Seleucid Imperial Ideology|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0075426914000068/type/journal_article|journal=The Journal of Hellenic Studies|language=en|volume=134|pages=73|doi=10.1017/S0075426914000068|issn=0075-4269}}</ref>

==Biography==