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Seleucia
Seleucia , ancient city of Mesopotamia, on the Tigris below modern Baghdad. Founded (c.312 BC) by Seleucus I, it soon replaced Babylon as the main center for east-west commerce through the valley. The city was the eastern capital of the Seleucids until the Parthians conquered it. The Seleucids then ... Read more
Laodicea
Laodicea , name of several Greek cities of Asia and Asia Minor built by the Seleucids in the 3d cent. BC The most important, Laodicea ad Lycum, was N of Colossae near the present Denizli. On the trade route from the East, the city prospered, particularly under Rome. Extensive Roman ruins include the... Read more
Lycia
Lycia , ancient country, SW Asia Minor. Egyptian sources ally the Lycians to the Hittites at the time of Ramses II; the Lycians spoke an Anatolian language . Lycia was frequently mentioned by Homer in Greek mythology. In historic times it was held by the Persians, the Seleucids, and the Romans (f... Read more
Bithynia
Bithynia , ancient country of NW Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey. The original inhabitants were Thracians who established themselves as independent and were given some autonomy after Cyrus the Great incorporated Bithynia into the Persian Empire. After the death of Alexander the Great, the Bithynia... Read more
Antiochus III
Antiochus III (Antiochus the Great), d. 187 BC, king of Syria (223-187 BC), son of Seleucus II and younger brother of Seleucus III, whom he succeeded. At his accession the Seleucid empire was in decline. Although Antiochus did not succeed in totally restoring the greatness of the Seleucid dynasty, ... Read more
Ardashir I
Ardashir I [another form of Artaxerxes], d. 240, king of Persia (226?-240). He overthrew the last Parthian king, Artabanus IV, entered Ctesiphon, and reunited Persia out of the confusion of Seleucid decline. He established the strong Sassanid , or Sassanian, dynasty and reconquered the old eastern... Read more
Bactria
Bactria , ancient Greek kingdom in central Asia. Its capital was Bactra, present-day Balkh in N Afghanistan. Before the Greek conquest, the region was an eastern province of the Persian Empire. It prospered as the area for transmitting Siberian and Indian metals and goods to the Persians. When Ale... Read more
Chandragupta
Chandragupta (Chandragupta Maurya) , fl. c.321 BC-c.298 BC, Indian emperor, founder of the Maurya dynasty and grandfather of Asoka . He conquered the Magadha kingdom (in modern Bihar and Jharkhand) and eventually controlled all India N of the Vindhya Hills. In c.305, Chandragupta, with a huge a... Read more
Cilicia
Cilicia , ancient region of SE Asia Minor, in present S Turkey, between the Mediterranean and the Taurus range. It included a high and barren plateau, Cilicia Trachia or Cilicia Tracheia, and a fertile plain, Cilicia Pedias. The area was under the domination of the Assyrian Empire before it became p... Read more
Seleucus I
Seleucus I (Seleucus Nicator) , d. 280 BC, king of ancient Syria. An able general of Alexander the Great, he played a leading part in the wars of the Diadochi . In the new partition of the empire in 312 BC he received Babylonia. Conquest of Susiana and Media enlarged his holdings, and he invaded ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Seleucids"

Seleucids
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Seleucids Hellenistic dynastic empire founded by Seleucus I, a former general of Alexander the Great , between 306 and 281 bc. Centred...
Antiochus III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...187 B.C.) was a Syrian king of the Seleucid dynasty, Alexander the Great's successors...restore the former boundaries of the Seleucid empire. Between 212 and 204 he campaigned...Peace of Apemea in 188 ended a century of Seleucid dominance in Asia Minor. Leaving his...
Ptolemy II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...inherited Palestine and resisted the attempts of Antiochus I, the Seleucid king of Syria, to wrest it from him. Ptolemy's ships controlled...Syrian war with Antiochus II ended with the marriage of the Seleucid king to Ptolemy's daughter Berenice Syra. After the defeat...
Lebanon
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World ...Phoenicians and was occupied at various periods in history by the Seleucids, Romans, Muslims, Ottoman Turks, Egyptians, British...sold into slavery. The city was eventually controlled by the Seleucids in 200 B.C. and by the Romans in 68 B.C. Tyre, during...
Herod the Great
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...ruled by high priests of the Hasmonean dynasty, descendants of the leaders who had freed the country from Seleucid rule. The Seleucid dynasty (312 – 64 b.c.e.) began with Seleucus I, who created an empire from part of the area...
Bithynia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...advantage of the wars of the Diadochi to secure freedom from the Seleucids (297 BC). They established a dynasty under the leadership...Prusias II, and Nicomedes II, wars continued with the Seleucids and with Pergamum. In the 1st cent. BC, Mithradates VI...
Bactria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...quasi-independent, and theoretically remained part of the Seleucid empire. In 256 BC, Diodotus I was made satrap, and a little...Euthydemus' son Demetrius made Bactria a powerful state. The Seleucid ruler, Antiochus IV, sent Eucratidas into Bactria, and Eucratidas...
Seleucia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...center for east-west commerce through the valley. The city was the eastern capital of the Seleucids until the Parthians conquered it. The Seleucids then moved their capital across the river to Ctesiphon, and Seleucia was thus superseded...
Damascus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Alexander the Great. After Alexander's death the Seleucids (see Seleucia ) gained control of the city, although...dynasty of Egypt tried to wrest it from them. When Seleucid power waned, Tigranes of Armenia took Damascus; but...
Commagene
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Alexander the Great, it gradually assumed independence under the Seleucid kings of Syria, and its governor, Ptolemy, revolted in...ruling dynasty of independent Commagene was related to the Seleucids. In 64 BC, King Antiochus I, a Roman ally, had his territory...

Dictionary entries related to "Seleucids"

Seleucid
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Seleucid The Hellenistic dynasty founded by Seleucus I Nicator, one of the generals of Alexander the Great, ruling over Syria and a great part of western Asia 312–64 BC. Its capital was at Antioch.
Antiochus
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Antiochus Eight Seleucid kings, notably Antiochus III and Antiochus IV. Antiochus III (known...187 BC) reigned from 223 to 187 BC. He restored and expanded the Seleucid empire, regaining the vassal kingdoms of Parthia and Bactria and...
Daniel, book of
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...event corresponds precisely to the outrage perpetrated by the Seleucid conqueror Antiochus Epiphanes when he installed a pagan altar...guise of lauding the faithfulness of those in the past. The Seleucid king Antiochus was determined to create a common Greek culture...
Alexander the Great
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...to the Greek translation of the OT ( LXX ), and the writing of the NT, and the early Christian liturgies, in Greek. The Seleucid dynasty derived from Alexander (from 275 BCE), which explains the interest in Alexander shown in 1 Macc. 1: 1–...
Hyrcanus
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Hyrcanus A prominent and wealthy citizen of Jerusalem whose money was deposited in the Temple (2 Macc. 3: 11) and only narrowly escaped confiscation at the hands of the Seleucid commander Heliodorus.
Mattathias
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...Mattathias A common personal name in the Maccabean period; the best-known was the priest who initiated the rebellion against the Seleucid rulers in Modein in 167 BCE and whose five sons continued the struggle (1 Macc. 2: 1) against Hellenization . Two of Jesus...
Gaza
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...Philistines (1 Sam. 6: 17), the assyrians , Judah under Hezekiah (2 Kgs. 18: 8), the Egyptians (609 BCE), and the Seleucids . It was destroyed by Jonathan the Hasmonean (145 BCE) and rebuilt by the Romans, after which it was inhabited by both...
Seleucia
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...Antioch which was 26 km. (16 miles) to the east; the River Orontes was 8 km. (5 miles) to the south. Egyptians and Seleucids wrested control of it from each other in the 3rd and 2nd cents. BCE (1 Macc. 11: 8) but in 63 BCE it was granted the...
Antioch
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Antioch a city in southern Turkey which was the ancient capital of Syria under the Seleucid kings, who founded it c. 300 bc.
Ptolemy
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...there lived a large community of Jews). In the 2nd cent. BCE there was considerable strife within the dynasty, with the Seleucids of Syria, and finally with the Romans. The last of the line was Cleopatra VII, married to Mark Antony, who gave her his...

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Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the collection of Arthur Houghton; pt. 2.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2008; 482 words ; 9780897222990 Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the collection of Arthur Houghton; pt. 2. Hoover, Oliver D. American Numismatic Society 2007 174 pages $75...
Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum, part II: Inscriptions of the Seleucid and Parthian Periods and of Eastern Iran and Central Asia, vol. 2: Parthian, Parthian Economic Documents from Nisa (Texts I pp. 161-215).(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum, part II: Inscriptions of the Seleucid and Parthian Periods and of Eastern Iran and Central Asia, vol. II: Parthian, Parthian Economic Documents from Nisa (Texts...
The revolt of the Maccabees.(Judas Maccabeus)
Magazine article from: The National Interest; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...based in Egypt; and the Seleucid Empire, which stretched...The sheer size of the Seleucid Empire led to problems...eastern Iran. While the Seleucids claimed sovereignty...Syria and Iraq. The Seleucids were in constant struggles...became part of the Seleucid Empire. During the...
Between the sword and the scepter
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/19/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...traditional and pro-Seleucid Hellenist Jews. II...Struggle Against the Seleucids. But while the enemy...the linchpin of the Seleucid army was the deadly...in Judea was not the Seleucids' only worry. There...before. And so the Seleucid commander Lysias broke...
Chanukah, a common heritage.
Magazine article from: Midstream; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...God rather than yield to the Seleucid demand to worship their many...multiple and complex. The Seleucids, rulers of today's Syria...as a revenue source. The Seleucids are likely to have misunderstood...for the civil war within the Seleucid-Judean conflict. The word...
PLOTTING ANTIOCHUS'S PERSECUTION
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...including Antiochus s own Seleucid forebears, were not merely...200 B.C.E. established Seleucid control over Palestine, allowed...standard policy among the Seleucids, "even to the extent that...descriptions are consistent with Seleucid behavior as known from other...
Halley's Comet and Judaean revolts revisited
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...was in revolt against the Seleucid Empire and its king Antiochus...of their victory over the Seleucid Empire. Wolters then concludes...diary for the year 149 of the Seleucid Era (= 163/162 B.C...the Judaean victory over the Seleucids was marked not only by the...
Of mutable interests
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/2/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...Greeks, whose Syrian Seleucid branch was making repeated...conquered Damascus from the Seleucids. In Judea, High Priest...Shimon on the Syrian Seleucid King Antiochus VII Sidetes...taken prisoner by the Seleucids, who subsequently murdered...reviving the shattered Seleucid empire, ...
The robbery & murder behind the story of Hanukka
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/28/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...so in the case of the Seleucids, the Syrian-Greeks...So it was with the Seleucid emperors and the events...an expansion of the Seleucid Empire, finally accepted...Simon had told the local Seleucid governor that the Temple...financial penalties on the Seleucids. The negotiations in...
THE POLITICS OF PARTHIAN COINAGE IN MEDIA
Magazine article from: Near Eastern Archaeology; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Persia. After defeating the Seleucid emperor on the Iranian Plateau...the standard currency of the Seleucids. According to Sellwood...Seleucis and Bactria. The Seleucid emperor Antiochus IV installed...then still controlled by the Seleucids. Possibly due to his personal...