Bibliotheca Polyglotta

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So the kings of Asia and Syria are as follows:

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Antigonus was king of Asia - for 18 years

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Demetrius Poliorcetes, king of Syria and the east - for 17 years

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(263) Seleucus Nicator [or “Nicanor"] - for 32 years

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Antiochus Soter - for 19 years

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Antiochus Theos - for 15 years

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Seleucus Callinicus - for 21 years

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Seleucus Ceraunus - for 3 years

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Antiochus the Great - for 36 years

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Seleucus Philopator - for 12 years

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Antiochus Epiphanes - for 11 years

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Antiochus Eupator - for 1 year and 6 months

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Demetrius Soter - for 12 years

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Alexander - for 15 years

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Demetrius the son of Demetrius - for 3 years

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Antiochus Sidetes - for 9 years

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Demetrius again - for 4 years

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Antiochus Grypus - for 26 years

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Antiochus Cyzicenus - for 17 years

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Philippus the son of Grypus, with whom the kings of Syria came to an end [ - for 2 years ]

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[ The total duration of the Macedonian rule in Syria, starting from Antigonus, was 274 years; or, starting from Seleucus Nicator, 239 years. ]

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THE ROMANS

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The kings of the Romans, starting with Romulus

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The emperors of the Romans, from Augustus to our time

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The consuls of the Romans, from Julius Caesar to our time

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Taken from all the previous historians, as listed here:

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from Alexander Polyhistor

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from Abydenus, who wrote books about the Assyrians and Medes

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from the three books of Manetho, about the monuments of Egypt

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from Cephalion's nine books of the Muses

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from the forty books of Diodorus' [Historical] Library, containing a brief history of events up until Gaius Caesar

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from the eighteen books of Cassius Longinus, containing a summary of 228 Olympiads

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(265) from the fourteen books of Phlegon, the freedman of [Hadrianus] Caesar, containing a summary of 229 Olympiads

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from the six books of Castor, containing an account of history from Ninus up until the 181st Olympiad

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from the three books of (?) Thallus, containing an account of events from the capture of Troy up until the (?) 167th Olympiad [112 B.C.]

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from [the books of] Porphyrius, the philosopher who lived in our time, [containing events] from the capture of Troy up until the reign of Claudius

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