Antiochus V tries his hardest to unify Greek religion- and obviously the only way to do that is to declare himself a god- while also pushing eastwards to rebuild Seleucid strength. He will manage to get away with raiding the same temples his father died in, but that won't stop him dying in the east all the same…
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