The Syrian ruler who defiled the Jewish Temple altar and martyred many Jews was

A)Ptolemy Philopator

B)Alexander the Great

C)Herod Antipas

D)Antiochus Epiphanes

E)Caesar Augustus

4 answers

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D-Antiochus Epephanes
caesar agustus
Maria is correct it is D