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Alexander Balas

150 BC - 145 BC

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Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, surnamed Balas (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Βάλας, romanized: Alexandros Balas), was the ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 150 BC to August 145 BC. Picked from obscurity and supported by the neighboring Roman-allied Kingdom of Pergamon, Alexander landed in Phoenicia in 152 BC and started a civil war against Seleucid King Demetrius I Soter. Backed by mercenaries and factions of the Seleucid Empire unhappy with the existing government, he defeated Demetrius and took the crown in 150 BC. He married the princess Cleopatra Thea to seal an alliance with the neighboring Ptolemaic kingdom. His reign saw the steady retreat of the Seleucid Empire's eastern border, with important eastern satrapies such as Media being lost to the nascent Parthian Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Balas has received more than 190,813 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Balas is the 3,396th most popular politician (down from 3,085th in 2019), the 308th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 343rd in 2019) and the 153rd most popular Turkish Politician.

Alexander Balas is most famous for being the last king of the Seleucid Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Balas ranks 3,396 out of 19,576. Before him are Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Patricio Aylwin, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Julius Schreck, Jack Kemp, and Devlet I Giray. After him are John Corvinus, Fernando de la Rúa, Julia Soaemias, Dred Scott, Yury of Moscow, and Guo Jia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 150 BC, Alexander Balas ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Qianshao of Han. After him are Diodotus Tryphon, Antiochus XII Dionysus, Gannicus, Wei Zifu, Seleucus VI Epiphanes, Aulus Gabinius, Tigranes I, Zeno of Sidon, Quintus Lutatius Catulus, and Huo Guang. Among people deceased in 145 BC, Alexander Balas ranks 2. Before him is Ptolemy VI Philometor. After him is Crates of Mallus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Alexander Balas ranks 308 out of 1,347. Before him are Sostratus of Cnidus (-290), Onesimus (1), Nectarios of Aegina (1846), Şehzade Mehmed (1605), Nicephorus Gregoras (1295), and Gennadius Scholarius (1400). After him are Kaya Sultan (1633), Ephorus (-400), Agnes of Antioch (1153), Eutyches (380), Paul of Samosata (200), and Anna Porphyrogenita (963).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Alexander Balas ranks 153. Before him are Midhat Pasha (1822), Bülent Ecevit (1925), Latife Uşşaki (1898), Ayşe Sultan (1541), David of Trebizond (1408), and Şehzade Mehmed (1605). After him are Şehzade Bayezid (1612), Vardan Mamikonian (388), Hüma Hatun (1400), Baldwin II, Latin Emperor (1217), Şehzade Mahmud (1582), and Ayşe Sultan (1605).

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