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b'Synopsis: \\xa0The death of King Philip I marks the official end of the Seleucid line. \\xa0Invited by the Antiochenes to rule them, King Tigranes II of Armenia proceeds to conquer all of Syria \\u2013 including Cleopatra Selene\\u2019s stronghold of Ptolemais-Akko. \\xa0But Tigranes\\u2019 refusal to abandon his ally, King Mithridates VI of Pontus, leads to his empire\\u2019s destruction.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u201cTigranes\\u2026marched forth with an army of such huge proportions that he actually laughed heartily at the appearance of the Romans present there.\\xa0\\xa0He is said to have remarked that, in cases where they came to make war, only a few presented themselves, but when it was an embassy, many came.\\u201d\\xa0\\xa0\\u2013 Cassius Dio,\\xa0Rome, Book 36\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u201cPompey\\u2026expelled Antiochus (XIII), from the government of Syria, although he had done the Romans no wrong\\u2026The pretense was that it was unseemly for the Seleucidae, whom Tigranes had dethroned, to govern Syria, rather than the Romans, who had conquered Tigranes.\\u201d\\xa0 \\u2013 Appian, The Syrian Wars, Book 10\\n\\n\\n\\n(Absolutely awesome and super-useful) map of Syria and surrounding territories c. 87 BC\\n\\n\\n\\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/87BC.png\\n\\n\\n\\nMap of the Greater Armenian Empire of King Tigranes II\\n\\n\\n\\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Armenia1.png\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'