Antiochus III the Great, ruler of the Seleucid Empire (Syria), c.222-187 BC. Killed while pillaging a temple of Bel at Elymaïs, Persia. Antiochus Rex. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.
Antiochus III the Great, ruler of the Seleucid Empire (Syria), c.222-187 BC. Killed while pillaging a temple of Bel at Elymaïs, Persia. Antiochus Rex. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.