Philip I Philadelphus

Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphus was the King of Syria from 94 to either 83 or 75 BC. He was the son of Antiochus VIII and his wife Tryphaena. After the murder of Seleucus VI in 94 BC, Philip I became king with his twin brother Antiochus XI. He tried unsuccessfully to take Damascus for himself, after which he disappears from...