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Synopsis: Ongoing strife in Anatolia and Egypt allows Antiochus VII to campaign east against the Parthians.\xa0 His early successes inspire hopes of a resurgent Seleucid Empire, hopes shattered by his unexpected death.\n\n\n\u201cIn Asia, Attalos III as soon as he came to the throne began to manage affairs in a way quite different from all the former kings; for they, by their clemency and kindness to their subjects, reigned prosperously and happily themselves and were a blessing to the kingdom; but this prince being of a cruel and bloody disposition oppressed his subjects with many slaughters and grievous calamities.\u201d \u2013 Diodorus Siculus, The Historical Library, Book 35\n\n\n\u201cPtolemy Physcon, when he saw that his sister Cleopatra (II) was so great an enemy to him, and could not revenge himself otherwise upon her, contrived a most abominable piece of villainy for that purpose.\xa0 For, imitating the cruelty of Medeia, he murdered her son, begotten by himself, in Cyprus; the son was called Memphites, and was still a young boy.\u201d \u2013 Diodorus Siculus, The Historical Library, Book 35\n\n\n\u201c(Queen) Laodice (of Cappadocia) had had six children of the male sex by King Ariarathes (V); she feared that she would not long remain in control of the kingdom once any of them grew up, so she resorted to murder, killing five of them by poison.\u201d \u2013 Justin, Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 37\n\n\nMap of Anatolia after the Treaty of Apamea (c. 188 BC):\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Anatolia.jpg\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices