Seleucus VI Epiphanes (c. 115 – 94 BC) was a Seleucid monarch who
reigned as King of Syria between 96 and 94 BC during the Hellenistic
period. He was the son of Antiochus VIII and his Egyptian wife
Tryphaena. A period of civil war between his father and his uncle
Antiochus IX ended in 96 BC when his father was assassinated.
Antiochus IX then occupied the capital Antioch while Seleucus VI
established his power base in western Cilicia. After his uncle was
killed, Seleucus VI became the master of the capital but shared Syria
with his brother Demetrius III and his cousin Antiochus X. According
to the ancient historian Appian, Seleucus VI was a violent ruler. He
taxed his dominions extensively to support his wars, and resisted
allowing the cities a measure of autonomy, as former kings allowed. His
reign did not last long; in 94 BC, he was expelled from Antioch by
Antiochus X, who followed him to the Cilician city of Mopsuestia, where
his attempts to raise money led to riots that eventually claimed his
life.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucus_VI_Epiphanes>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1797:
French Revolutionary Wars: British forces commanded by
Lieutenant-General Ralph Abercromby invaded the Spanish colonial port of
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_%281797%29>
1907:
Minas Geraes, the first of three Brazilian dreadnought
battleships, was laid down, sparking a vastly expensive South American
naval arms race with Argentina and Chile.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_American_dreadnought_race>
1951:
The Peak District was designated the first national park in the
United Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_District>
1971:
Ustaše-affiliated Croatian separatists attacked the Yugoslav
embassy in Stockholm, fatally shooting the ambassador, Vladimir
Rolović.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Yugoslav_Embassy_shooting>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
implacable:
1. Not able to be placated or appeased.
2. Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.
3. Adamant; immovable.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/implacable>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and
shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundantly.
--Gospel of John
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gospel_of_John>