Seleucus may refer to:
Monarchs and other people related to the Seleucid Empire
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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 po ...
(Satrap 311–305 BC, King 305 BC–281 BC), son of Antiochus and founder of the Seleucid Empire
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Seleucus II Callinicus (246–225 BC)
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Seleucus III Ceraunus (or Soter) (225–223 BC)
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Seleucus IV Philopator (187–175 BC)
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Seleucus V Philometor
The Seleucid king Seleucus V Philometor (Greek: Σέλευκος Ε΄ ὁ Φιλομήτωρ; 126/125 BC), ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the eldest son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea. The epithet ''Philometor'' means " ...
(126/125 BC)
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Seleucus VI Epiphanes
Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator ( grc, Σέλευκος Ἐπιφανής Νικάτωρ, translit=Séleukos Epiphanís Nikátor; between 124 and 109 BC – 94 BC) was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who ruled Syria between 96 and 94 BC. He was t ...
Nicator (96–95 BC)
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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
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Seleucus (commandant) Seleucus ( el, Σέλευκος ''Seleukos'') was in 30 BC a commandant of the eastern Egyptian border-fortress Pelusium.
In the final stage of the decisive war between Mark Antony and Octavian for the sole rule of the Roman Empire Antony and his ...
, in 30 BC commandant of the eastern Egyptian border-fortress Pelusium
Other people
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Seleucus, son of Bithys Seleukos ( grc, Σέλευκος; died ), son of Bithys, was a Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus and admiral in the second century BC.
Life
Seleucus had citizenship of Alexandria and Rhodes (the latter was probably the result of an honorary grant of ci ...
, Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus (c.145-130 BC),
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Seleucus of Alexandria Seleucus of Alexandria ( grc-gre, Σέλευκος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) was a Roman-era grammarian. He was nicknamed 'Homeric'. He was a sophist in Rome (Second Sophistic era). He commented on pretty well all the poets, wrote a number of ex ...
, a grammarian and sophist,
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Seleucus of Seleucia
Seleucus of Seleucia ( el, Σέλευκος ''Seleukos''; born c. 190 BC; fl. c. 150 BC) was a Hellenistic astronomer and philosopher. Coming from Seleucia on the Tigris, Mesopotamia, the capital of the Seleucid Empire, or, alternatively, Seleukia ...
, an astronomer,
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Seleucus (son of Ablabius) SeleucusLenski, ''Failure of Empire: A Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D.'', p. 107 also known as Flavius SeleucusJones, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395'', p. 818 and Count SeleucusBudge, ''Para ...
, a rhetorician and friend of Julian the Apostate,
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Seleucus (Theodosian Praetorian prefect) Seleucus ( el, Σέλευκος) was a wealthy Christian Roman Senator of Greek descent who lived in the second half of the 4th century and first half of the 5th century.
One of the parents of Seleucus, was the sibling to the great Christian SaintB ...
, Praetorian prefect of the Theodosian dynasty,
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Seleucus (Roman usurper)
Seleucus (fl. c. 221) was a Roman usurper.
Seleucus was, according to the 5th-century historian Polemius Silvius, a usurper against Emperor Elagabalus. His identity is not known: he could be Julius Antonius Seleucus, governor in Moesia, or Marcus ...
, a Roman usurper.
Other uses
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Seleucus (crater)
Seleucus is a lunar impact crater located in the western part of Oceanus Procellarum. To the west is the lava-flooded remains of the walled plain Eddington. To the southwest is the crater Krafft and to the northwest lies Briggs.
The rim of Se ...
, a crater on Earth's moon
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3288 Seleucus
3288 Seleucus, provisional designation , is a rare-type stony asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Amor group of asteroids, approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 28 February 1982, by German astronomer Hans-E ...
, an asteroid
See also
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Seleucid Empire
The Seleucid Empire (; grc, Βασιλεία τῶν Σελευκιδῶν, ''Basileía tōn Seleukidōn'') was a Greek state in West Asia that existed during the Hellenistic period from 312 BC to 63 BC. The Seleucid Empire was founded by the ...
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