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The Seleucid Empire in 200 BC (before expansion into Anatolia and Greece). A revival would begin when Seleucus II's younger son, Antiochus III the Great , took the throne in 223 BC. Although initially unsuccessful in the Fourth Syrian War against Egypt, which led to a defeat at the Battle of Raphia (217 BC), Antiochus would prove himself to be ...
The Seleucid Empire was divided into administrative regions known as satrapies. Hypotheses differ as to the role of the oikonomos . Some theorize that they were managers of the royal treasuries or even royal estates, which would have made them completely separate from any actual administrative role.
After Alexander's death in 323 BC, Bactria came under the control of Seleucus I Nicator, who founded the Seleucid Empire. The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom was founded when Diodotus I, the satrap of Bactria (and probably the surrounding provinces) seceded from the Seleucid Empire around 250 BC. The preserved ancient sources (see below) are somewhat ...
Through its history, the Seleucid dominion included large parts of the Near East, as well as of the Asian territory of the earlier Achaemenid Persian Empire. A major center of Hellenistic culture , it attracted a large number of immigrants from Greece who, encouraged by the Seleucids, formed a dominant political elite under the ruling dynasty ...
Though only 3.43 km 2 (1.32 sq mi) in area, it is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece. The ongoing excavations in the island are among the most extensive in the Mediterranean , and many of the artifacts found are displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Delos and the National Archaeological ...
Greece: $2.2 billion: Son of Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis, owner of EFG International (investment banking), major shareholder in Lamda Development (real estate developer in Greece) 10: 1896: Andreas Martinos & Family Greece: $1.8 billion: owner of Greek shipping firm Minerva Marine 11: 1908: Marianna Latsis & Family Greece: $1.8 billion
The Seleucid era ("SE") or Anno Graecorum (literally "year of the Greeks" or "Greek year"), sometimes denoted "AG," was a system of numbering years in use by the Seleucid Empire and other countries among the ancient Hellenistic civilizations, and later by the Parthians. It is sometimes referred to as "the dominion of the Seleucidæ," or the ...
Laodice I (Greek: Λαοδίκη, Laodíkē, meaning "justice of the people"; [1] flourished 3rd century BC) was a Greek noblewoman of Anatolia who was a close relative of the early Seleucid dynasty and was the first wife of the Seleucid Greek King Antiochus II Theos. [2]