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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.
According to Polybius, King Antigonus I Monophthalmus established the Syrian kingdom which included Coele-Syria. [5] The Seleucid king Antiochus III the Great defeated the Ptolemaic Kingdom in the Battle of Panium (200 BC); he annexed the Syrian lands controlled by Egypt (Coele-Syria) and united them with his Syrian lands, thus gaining control of the entirety of Syria. [6]
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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 ...
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Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid Empire: The Men who would be King is a nonfiction historical account, written by Boris Chrubasik. It explores the Seleukid Empire (333 B.C. to 64 B.C.) in relation to the usurpers that successfully or unsuccessfully arose over time.
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 ...