Talk:Antiochus III the Great

message: Was this title associated to him throughout history (i.e. is it in reference history books)? 64.138.237.101 (talk) 00:10, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:   "Basileus Megas" 

message: All other pages about Seleucid monarchs use the common Hellenistic names, "Nicator", "Epiphanes", etc., not their English equivalent. Any objections to a page move? Poliocretes (talk) 22:29, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shouldn't this page be '''Antiochus III Megas'''? 

message: Hello All,
I recently noticed the addition of a map from the swedish wikipedia page, which appears to be of dubious content. Very little is known about the nature of Antiochus' expedition to what was the Kabul valley, and even less is known of the Indian king/governor (Sophagasanus) who was the ruler of that region. Rather than unilaterally delete the map, which does not appear to have a citation, I wanted to check with the other main contributors here first. I will wait a few days before making any edit. Thank you,
Regards,
Devanampriya (talk) 17:55, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Map of Conquests

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thread_title: File:Antiochus III marble head in Louvre.png Nominated for Deletion

message: This article arrays multiple, perhaps unnecessarily accumulated citations from somewhat out of the way places (biblical studies, Roman history, Indian history) to explain very simple and uncontroversial statements-- Antiochos III was a ruler of the Seleukid dynasty. This could be elucidated with a single fn. to a reference work (RE, new Brill) or a work of Hellenistic history (e.g. the relevant chapters Cambridge Ancient History, or Hatto Schmitt's biography). The quotations and citations make me suspect that it comes from some older dispute or controversy-- probably having to do with the "Greekness" of the dynasty, which is backed up by 6 fnn., even if the text has now changed since the time the first 3 fnn were introduced. I propose to simplify the references to such works.86.153.123.136 (talk) 19:41, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations from secondary sources 

message: If the point of the current (May 2015) multiple fnn. is to establish his Greek ethnicity, they should go. That is better discussed in the article on the Seleucids. Antiochos' great great grandmother was pure Iranian, but all his other ancestors are Macedonian aristocrats. The Seleukid dynasty is Greek-speaking, founded by Macedonians (who indisuputably belong to a conquest-state founded in N Greece by a Greek ethnic group, in my view), rests on an ethno-class of Macedonians and Greeks. but also deals with Near-Eastern populations (IRanians and especially Babylonians), in dealings which profoundly influenced the style of Seleukid kingship. JohnTMa (talk) 00:46, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethnicity of Antiochus III