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DEMETRIUS I

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 983 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DEMETRIUS I . (d. 150 B.c.), surnamed See also:Soter, was sent to See also:Rome as a See also:hostage during the reign of his See also:father, Seleucus IV. Philopator, but after his father's See also:death in 175 B.C. he escaped from confinement, and established himself on the Syrian See also:throne (162 B.C.) after overthrowing and murdering See also:King See also:Antiochus V. Eupator. He acquired his surname of Soter, or Saviour, from the Babylonians, whom he delivered from the tyranny of the Median See also:satrap, Timarchus, and is famous in Jewish See also:history for his contests with the See also:Maccabees. Hated for his vices, Demetrius See also:fell in See also:battle against the usurper, See also:Alexander Balas, in 150 B.C.

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