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The Seleucid dynasty or the Seleucidae (/ s ɪ ˈ l uː s ɪ ˌ d iː /; Greek: Σελευκίδαι, Seleukídai, "descendants of Seleucus") was a Macedonian Greek royal family, which ruled the Seleucid Empire based in West Asia during the Hellenistic period.
At the Seleucid Empire's height, it had consisted of territory that covered Anatolia, Persia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and what are now modern Kuwait, Afghanistan, and parts of Turkmenistan. The Seleucid Empire was a major center of Hellenistic culture. Greek customs and language were privileged; the wide variety of local traditions had been ...
Simple English; Slovenčina; Slovenščina; Српски / srpski; ... 1st-century BC Seleucid monarchs (12 P) 2nd-century BC Seleucid monarchs (1 C, 18 P)
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Seleucus II Callinicus Pogon (Greek: Σέλευκος Β΄ ὁ Καλλίνικος ὁ Πώγων; Callinicus meaning "beautifully triumphant", Pogon meaning "the Beard"; July/August 265 BC – December 225 BC [1]), [2] was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, who reigned from 246 BC to 225 BC.
Antiochus III the Great (/ æ n ˈ t aɪ ə k ə s /; Greek: Ἀντίοχος ὁ Μέγας, Antíochos ho Mégas; c. 241 – 3 July 187 BC) [1] was a Greek Hellenistic king and the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 223 to 187 BC.
Coin of Seleucus IV Philopator. Reverse shows Apollo seated on omphalos. Greek legend reads: BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, "of king Seleucus.". Seleucus IV Philopator [1] (Greek: Σέλευκος Φιλοπάτωρ, Séleukos philopátо̄r, meaning "Seleucus the father-loving"; c. 218 – 3 September 175 BC), [2] [3] ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 187 BC to 175 BC ...
Monarchs and other people related to the Seleucid Empire [ edit ] Seleucus I Nicator (Satrap 311–305 BC, King 305 BC–281 BC), son of Antiochus and founder of the Seleucid Empire