# Alexander Balas

> Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, who used the epitaph Balas, was the ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 150 BC to August 145 BC. 
Picked from obscurity and supported by the neighboring Roman-allied Kingdom of Pergamon, Alexander landed in Phoenicia in 152 BC and started a civil war against Seleucid King Demetrius I Soter. Backed by mercenaries and factions of the Seleucid Empire unhappy with the existing government, he defeated Demetrius and took the crown in 150 BC. He married the princess Cleopatra Thea to seal an alliance with the neighboring Ptolemaic kingdom. His reign saw the steady retreat of the Seleucid Empire's eastern border, with important eastern satrapies such as Media being lost to the nascent Parthian Empire. In 147 BC, Demetrius II Nicator, the young son of Demetrius I, began a campaign to overthrow Balas, and civil war resumed. Alexander's ally, Ptolemaic king Ptolemy VI Philometor, moved troops into Coele-Syria to support Alexander, but then switched sides and threw his support behind Demetrius II. At the Battle of the Oenoparus River in Syria, he was defeated by Ptolemy VI and he died shortly afterward.

*Seleucid king from 150 to 142 BC*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/alexander-balas

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** -150
- **Died:** -145
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.1 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 22.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [亞歷山大一世 (塞琉古帝國)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%9E%E6%AD%B7%E5%B1%B1%E5%A4%A7%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%96_(%E5%A1%9E%E7%90%89%E5%8F%A4%E5%B8%9D%E5%9C%8B))
- [Александр I Балас](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_I_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81)
- [ألكسندر بالاس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [الكسندر بالاس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [الکساندر بالاس](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [Аляксандр I Валас](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_I_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81)
- [Александър I Балас](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80_I_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81)
- [Alexandre I Balas](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_I_Balas)
- [Alexander 1. Balas af Seleukideriget](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_1._Balas_af_Seleukideriget)
- [Alexander I. Balas](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_I._Balas)
- [Αλέξανδρος Α΄ Βάλας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BE%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%84_%CE%92%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Alexander Balas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Balas)
- [Alejandro Balas](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Balas)
- [الکساندر بالاس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [Alexandre Ier Balas](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Ier_Balas)
- [אלכסנדר באלאס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A1)
- [I. Alexandrosz szeleukida uralkodó](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Alexandrosz_szeleukida_uralkod%C3%B3)
- [Alexandros Balas](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandros_Balas)
- [Alessandro I Bala](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_I_Bala)
- [アレクサンドロス1世バラス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B91%E4%B8%96%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9)
- [Alexander Balas](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Balas)
- [Alexander Balas](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Balas)
- [Aleksander I Balas](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_I_Balas)
- [Aleksander I Balas](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_I_Balas)
- [Alexandre Balas](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Balas)
- [Aleksanteri Balas](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksanteri_Balas)
- [Alexandro Balas](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandro_Balas)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q297657)

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