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Weekly Quiz - 1/20/99

1. Which monarch is known for his conflict with the Maccabees?
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Antiochus V Eupator
Demetrius I Sotor
Seleucus IV Philopator

2. After the Battle of Ipsus (301 BC) which monarch ruled Bactria?
Ptolemy
The Macedonian monarchy
Seleucus
Antiochus

3. In 250 BC which area first proclaimed its independence from the Seleucids?
Bactria
Antioch(us)
Susa
Apamea

4. Which Epicurean philosopher came from the Seleucid Empire?
Epicurus
Pyrrho
Zeno of Citium
Zeno of Sidon

5. Which monarch lost to the Romans in the Battle of Magnesia (189 BC)?
Antiochus II
Antiochus III
Antiochus IV
Seleucus II

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