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Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphus was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who reigned as 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 his brother Seleucus VI in 94 BC, Philip became king with his twin brother, Antiochus XI, and planned to avenge Seleucus VI. In 93 BC the twins took the Syrian capital Antioch from their cousin, Antiochus X. Antiochus XI became the senior king, and Philip retreated to a base in northern Syria. Antiochus X returned and killed Antiochus XI that year and Philip I allied with his younger brother, Demetrius III, who was based in Damascus. Antiochus X was probably killed in 88 BC. Although Demetrius III took the capital and turned on Philip I, besieging him in Beroea (Aleppo), the latter prevailed and took Antioch; Damascus was taken by another brother of his, Antiochus XII.

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