|
Seleucus (other)
Seleucus may refer to: Monarchs and other people related to the Seleucid Empire * Seleucus I Nicator (Satrap 311–305 BC, King 305 BC–281 BC), son of Antiochus and founder of the Seleucid Empire * Seleucus II Callinicus (246–225 BC) * Seleucus III Ceraunus (or Soter) (225–223 BC) * Seleucus IV Philopator (187–175 BC) * Seleucus V Philometor (126/125 BC) * Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator (96–95 BC) * Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes or Philometor (70s BC–60s BC?) * Seleucus, probable name of the father of Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator) * Seleucus, a son of Antiochus I Soter and grandson to Seleucus I * Seleucus, one of the sons of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra Thea * Seleucus (commandant), in 30 BC commandant of the eastern Egyptian border-fortress Pelusium Other people * Seleucus, son of Bithys, Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus (c.145-130 BC), * Seleucus of Alexandria, a grammarian and sophist, * Seleucus of Seleucia, an astronomer, * Seleucus (son of Ablabius), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucus I Nicator (; ; grc-gre, Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ , ) was a Macedonian Greek general who was an officer and successor ( ''diadochus'') of Alexander the Great. Seleucus was the founder of the eponymous Seleucid Empire. In the power struggles that followed Alexander's death, Seleucus rose from being a secondary player to becoming total ruler of Asia Minor, Syria, Mesopotamia, and the Iranian Plateau, eventually assuming the title of '' basileus'' (king). The state he established on these territories, the Seleucid Empire, was one of the major powers of the Hellenistic world, until being overcome by the Roman Republic and Parthian Empire in the late second and early first centuries BC. After the death of Alexander in June 323 BC, Seleucus initially supported Perdiccas, the regent of Alexander's empire, and was appointed Commander of the Companions and chiliarch at the Partition of Babylon in 323 BC. However, after the outbreak of the Wars of the Diadochi in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
