ated,[1] was to have been supplemented by Saca mercenaries who had been hired but who failed to arrive until after the termination of hostilities.[2] The troops of Antiochus, magnificently appointed and supported by a contingent of Jews under John Hyrcanus,[3] were also joined by several monarchs who had formerly been Parthian tributaries.[4] Antiochus was the victor in three battles. In one, on the river Lycus (Greater Zab),[5] he defeated the Parthian general Idates and raised a trophy in honor of his victory.[6] Another of the Parthian leaders, Enius, met his death at the hands of the people of Seleucia.[7] Because of these successes Antiochus laid claim to the title of "Great."[8] Other Parthian dependencies, when they saw him master of Babylonia (130 b.c.),[9] believed the newly established empire tottering and joined the Seleucid monarch.
When winter closed in, Antiochus went into quarters in Media instead of retiring to Syria as Phraates
- ↑ Porphyry in Euseb. Chron. fr. 32. 19 (J, II B, p. 1217); Moses Chor. ii. 2. 4.
- ↑ Justin xlii. 1. 1–2.
- ↑ Nic. Dam. fr. 92 (J, II A, p. 381) in Josephus Ant. xiii. 251–52.
- ↑ Justin xxxviii. 10. 5.
- ↑ PW, art. "Lykos," No. 12.
- ↑ Nic. Dam. fr. 92 in Josephus loc. cit.
- ↑ Diod. Sic. xxxiv. 19.
- ↑ Justin xxxviii. 10. 6.
- ↑ A cuneiform copy of an old hymn is dated under Antiochus, 22 Aiaru, 182 s.e., i.e., June 2, 130 b.c.; see Reisner, Hymnen, text No. 25. On his p. xiv the date is given as "129 b.c. (?130?)."
