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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.
Antiochus III's second wife is attested in the hostile work of Polybius and the story is debated. [note 2] [12] Seleucus IV Philopator (c. 218–175 BC) 187–175 BC Laodice IV (187–175 BC) Son of Antiochus III and Laodice III. [13] He married Laodice IV, his brother Antiochus' widow. [14] Antiochus (c. 180–170 BC) 175–170 BC Unmarried
Similarly, Seleucid rulers were described as kings in Babylonia. [ 17 ] The rulers did not describe themselves as being of any particular territory or people, but starting from the 2nd century BC, ancient writers referred to them as the Syrian kings, the kings of Syria or of the Syrians, the kings descended from Seleucus Nicator, the kings of ...
List of Seleucid rulers. 13 languages. ... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Seleucid dynasty#Seleucid rulers; This page is a redirect.
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.
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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 over a realm consisting of Syria (now including Cilicia and Judea), Mesopotamia, Babylonia and ...
Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, surnamed Balas (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Βάλας, romanized: Alexandros Balas), was the ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 150 BC to August 145 BC. [1] Picked from obscurity and supported by the neighboring Roman-allied Kingdom of Pergamon , Alexander landed in Phoenicia in 152 BC and started a ...