Antiochos II

Japanese: アンティオコス[2世]（英語表記）Antiochos II

287 BCE - 246 BCE
King of Syria. Reigned 261-246 BC. Second son of Antiochus I and his wife Stratonice. He allied with Antigonus II of Macedonia in the Second Syrian War against Ptolemy II of Egypt (260-253 BC) and recovered the coastal areas of Asia Minor and parts of southern Syria (Cole-Syria) that his father had lost. In 253 BC, he divorced his wife Laodice, and married Ptolemy II's daughter Berenice the following year. However, he named his wife's son Seleucus II as his successor just before his death. This led to a dispute over the succession to the throne and led to an invasion by Ptolemy III (246-241 BC), who supported Berenice and her son.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

前287ころ‐前246
シリア王国の王。在位，前261‐前246年。アンティオコス1世と妃ストラトニケの次子。マケドニアのアンティゴノス2世と結んでエジプトのプトレマイオス2世と戦い(第2次シリア戦争，前260‐前253)，父王が失った小アジアの沿岸地方と南シリア(コイレ･シリア)の一部を回復した。前253年妃ラオディケを離別して，翌年プトレマイオス2世の娘ベレニケBerenikēと政略結婚し，しかもみずからの死にさきだち先妃の子セレウコス2世を後継者に指名したため，死後に王位継承をめぐる紛糾を生じ，ベレニケとその子を支援するプトレマイオス3世の侵入(第3次シリア戦争，前246‐前241)をまねくことになった。

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