<head>Death of Antiochus Epiphanes</head>In <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Syria&groupId=995&placeId=502">Syria</a> King Antiochus, wishing to provide himself with money, decided to make an expedition against the sanctuary of Artemis in Elymaïs.
On reaching the spot he was foiled in his hopes, as the barbarian tribes who dwelt in the neighbourhood would not permit the outrage,
and on his retreat he died at <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Tabae in Persia&groupId=998&placeId=1756">Tabae in Persia</a>, smitten with madness, as some people say,
owing to certain manifestations of divine displeasure when he was attempting this outrage on the above sanctuary.
Walbank Commentary