ANTHIOCHUS IV, called Epiphanes (c. 215-163 B.C.) became king of the Seleucid empire, including Syria and Judea, in 175 B.C. The Jews resisted his attempts to hellenize them and became nationalistic instead. Led by Judas Machabees, they revolted, and Antiochus sent out a force against them. Judas Machabees defeated the Roman generals, Nicanor and Timotheus, and the news was sent to Antiochus at Ecbatana. As Antiochus rushed off towards Jerusalem, his horses went out of control, and he was thrown from his chariot. Every bone in his body was broken, and his men had to carry him in a litter. Then he developed a strange disease and gave off a terrible smell of decay. The army deserted him and left him at Tabae in the Judaean mountains, where he died in 163 B.C. (II Maccabee, ix; OCD, 72)
The fall of Anthiochus is among the Monk's tragedies, MkT 2575-2630. [Nichanore2: Thymothee1]
Anthiochus occurs in final rhyming positison, MkT 2575.