Falk’s Reviews > Antiochus the Great > Status Update

"Seleucus I had dubbed himself Nicator (Victor), his son Antiochus I took the title Soter (Saviour), while his grandson Antiochus II adopted the hyperbolic epithet Theos (God). Antiochus' father Seleucus II referred to himself as Callinicus (Beautiful Victory), while his brother Seleucus III also claimed the title of Soter (Saviour) during his fleeting reign." p. 10

"Antiochus (III) was as much the heir of Cyrus, Darius and Xerxes as he was of Alexander. He assumed another royal title, one that carried historical baggage: Basileus Megas, or 'Great King', the same title that Greeks had given the Persian emperor. Kings of Babylon had been accustomed to refer to themselves as the 'Great King' (GAL LUGAL), while the Persian king Darius I called himself 'the great king, king of kings, king of countries containing all kinds of men, king in this great earth far and wide.'" p. 11