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The Seleucid Empire (/ s ɪ ˈ lj uː s ɪ d / Sih-LOO-sid [8]) was a Greek state [9] [10] in West Asia during the Hellenistic period.It was founded in 312 BC by the ...
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.
Seleucus I Nicator (/ s ɪ ˈ l uː k ə s /; [4] Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, Séleukos Nikátōr, [b] "Seleucus the Victorious"; c. 358 BC – 281 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general, officer and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the eponymous Seleucid Empire, led by the Seleucid dynasty.
In 193 BC Cleopatra I, a Seleucid princess, married King Ptolemy V of Egypt. Their granddaughter Cleopatra Thea of the Ptolemaic dynasty married the claimant Alexander Balas half a century later in 150 BC. [1] She later married Demetrius II of Syria, and they had two sons. [note 1] Demetrius II was captured and held as a prisoner by the ...
Antiochus I Soter (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίοχος Σωτήρ, Antíochos Sōtér; "Antiochus the Savior"; c. 324/3 – 2 June 261 BC) was a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire. [2] Antiochus succeeded his father Seleucus I Nicator in 281 BC and reigned during a period of instability which he mostly overcame until his death on 2 June 261 BC. [3]
In 323 BC, the Seleucid Empire was founded by Seleucus I Nicator, a general of Alexander the Great.Stretching from Syria to the Indus River and comprising most of Alexander's realm, the Seleucid state was the most powerful of the Diadochi kingdoms that sprang up after Alexander's death.
Antiochus III the Great (/ æ n ˈ t aɪ ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίοχος ὁ Μέγας, Antíokhos ho Mégas; c. 241 – 3 July 187 BC) [1] was the sixth ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 223 to 187 BC.
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]