<sod>Beginning his reign in 95 BC his first achievement was to defeat his double half-cousin/second cousin [[Seleucus VI Epiphanes]], thus avenging the recent death of his father [[Antiochus IX Cyzicenus]]. The epithets he took tell much of his story: Eusebes (being a title of his father) and also Philopator (father-loving) both honoured his father. After that, he ruled [[Antioch]] and its surroundings, fighting endlessly against the four brothers of Seleucus VI, the [[Nabataean]]s and the [[Parthian Empire]].<eod>
<sod>Beginning his reign in 95 BC, his first achievement was to defeat his double half-cousin/second cousin [[Seleucus VI Epiphanes]], thus avenging the recent death of his father [[Antiochus IX Cyzicenus]]. <ref name="Virtual_Religion_Eusebes">[http://virtualreligion.net/iho/antiochus_10.html Antiochus X Eusebes] entry in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith</ref> The epithets he took tell much of his story: Eusebes (being a title of his father) and also Philopator (father-loving) both honoured his father. After that, he ruled [[Antioch]] and its surroundings, fighting endlessly against the four brothers of Seleucus VI, the [[Nabataean]]s and the [[Parthian Empire]].<eod>