Editing Demetrius II Nicator (section)

{{Short description|Seleucid king from 145 to 138 BC}}
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| succession   = [[Basileus]] of the [[Seleucid Empire]]
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| reign        = September 145 – July/August 138 BC
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| predecessor  = [[Alexander Balas]]
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| successor    = [[Diodotus Tryphon]]
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| death_date   = 125 BC (Aged 35)
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*[[Cleopatra Thea]]
*[[Rhodogune of Parthia]] (married 138–131 BC) }}
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*[[Seleucus V Philometor]]
*[[Antiochus VIII Grypus]] 
* Laodice<ref name="ogden-dinasties">{{cite book|last1=Ogden|first1=Daniel|title=Polygamy Prostitutes and Death. The Hellenistic Dynasties|date=1999|publisher=Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.|location=London|isbn=07156-29301|page=150}}</ref>
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| house        = [[Seleucid dynasty|Seleucid]]
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| father       = [[Demetrius I Soter]]
| mother       = [[Laodice V]]?

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| reign2        = 129 – 125 BC
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| predecessor2  = [[Antiochus VII Sidetes]]
| successor2    = [[Alexander II Zabinas]] or [[Cleopatra Thea]]
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'''Demetrius II''' ({{langx|grc|Δημήτριος Β`}}, ''Dēmḗtrios B''; died 125 BC), called '''Nicator''' ({{langx|grc|Νικάτωρ}}, ''Nikátōr'', "Victor"), was one of the sons of [[Demetrius I Soter]]. His mother may have been [[Laodice V]], as was the case with his brother [[Antiochus VII Sidetes]]. Demetrius ruled the [[Seleucid Empire]] for two periods, separated by a number of years of captivity in [[Hyrcania]] in [[Parthian Empire|Parthia]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/facts/5/315512/Demetrius-II-Nicator-as-discussed-in-ancient-Iran|title=Britannica article on Demetrius}}</ref> first from September 145 BC to July/August 138 BC, and again from 129 BC until his death in 125 BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livius.org/articles/person/demetrius-ii-nicator/?|title=Demetrius II Nicator|work=Livius.org}}</ref> His brother Antiochus VII ruled the Seleucid Empire in the interim between his two reigns.