SELEUCUS

Meaning of SELEUCUS in English

the name of five kings of the Greek dominion of Syria who are hence called Seleucidae . Only one-the fourth-is mentioned in the Apocrypha.

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SELEUCUS — /si looh"keuhs/ , n. a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 32 miles (51.2 …
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SELEUCUS — Seleucus BrE AmE sə ˈluːk əs sɪ-, -ˈljuːk-
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SELEUCUS II CALLINICUS — (Latin; " Gloriously Victorious ") born с 265 died 225 BC Fourth king (r. 246–225) of the Seleucid dynasty . …
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SELEUCUS I NICATOR — born с 358, Europus, Macedonia died August/September 281 BC, near Lysimachia, Thrace Macedonian army officer, founder of the Seleucid dynasty …
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SELEUCUS I — ( Seleucus Nicator ) 358?-281? B.C., Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: founder of the Seleucid dynasty.
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SELEUCUS IV PHILOPATOR — born c. 217 BC died 175 BC seventh king (reigned 187175 BC) of the Seleucid dynasty, son of Antiochus III …
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SELEUCUS III, SOTER — died 223 BC fifth king (reigned 225223 BC) of the Seleucid dynasty, elder son of Seleucus II Callinicus. Seleucus took …
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SELEUCUS II CALLINICUS — died 225 BC fourth king (reigned 246225) of the Seleucid dynasty, son of Antiochus II Theos. Antiochus II repudiated his …
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SELEUCUS II CALLINICUS — v. (Latin; " Gloriously Victorious ") born 0441; 265 died 225 BC Fourth king (r. 246225) of the Seleucid dynasty …
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SELEUCUS I NICATOR — born 0441; 358, Europus, Macedonia died August/September 281 BC, near Lysimachia, Thrace Macedonian army officer, founder of the Seleucid dynasty …
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SELEUCUS IV — (Philopator), son of Antiochus the Great, whom he succeeded B.C. 187 "king of Asia," 2 Macc. 3:3, that is, of …
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SELEUCID DYNASTY — Macedonian Greek dynasty (312–64 BC) founded by Seleucus I Nicator . Carved from the empire of Alexander the Great , …
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SYRIAN WARS — (3rd century BC), five conflicts fought between the leading Hellenistic states, chiefly the Seleucid kingdom and Ptolemaic Egypt, and, in …
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SELEUCID KINGDOM — (31264 BC), an ancient empire that at its greatest extent stretched from Thrace in Europe to the border of India. …
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PTOLEMY III EUERGETES — ((Greek: Benefactor)) flourished 246221 BC Macedonian king of Egypt, son of Ptolemy II; he reunited Egypt and Cyrenaica and successfully …
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PHILETAERUS — born c. 343 BC, Tios, in Paphlagonia, a region of northern Anatolia died 263 BC founder (reigned 282-263) of the …
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MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
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LYSIMACHUS — born c. 360 BC died 281 Macedonian general, satrap (provincial governor), and king who, as one of the diadochoi (successors) …
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IRAN, HISTORY OF — history of the Iranian Plateau from prehistoric times to the present. The article covers as well the succession of ancient …
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IPSUS, BATTLE OF — military engagement fought at Ipsus, Phrygia, in 301 BC between two camps of the successors (diodochoi) of Alexander the Great, …
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HELLENISTIC AGE — (323-30 BC), in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, the period between the death of Alexander the Great and …
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ARSINOE II — born c. 316 BC died July 270 BC daughter of Berenice and Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Macedonian (Ptolemaic) …
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ANTIOCHUS III — born 242 BC died 187, near Susa, Iran byname Antiochus The Great, Greek Antiochus Megas Seleucid king of the Hellenistic …
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ANTIOCHUS II THEOS — born c. 287 BC died 246 king of the Seleucid dominions in the Middle East, who succeeded his father, Antiochus …
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ANTIOCHUS I SOTER — born 324 BC died 262/261 king of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria, who ruled about 292281 BC in the east …
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ANTIOCHUS HIERAX — flourished c. 263226 BC younger brother of Seleucus II, heir to the Seleucid dominions in the Middle East. During his …
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ANTIOCH — Turkish Antakya, populous city of ancient Syria, and now a major town of south-central Turkey. It lies near the mouth …
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ANTIGONUS II GONATAS — born c. 320 BC died 239 king of Macedonia from 276 BC who rebuilt his kingdom's power and established its …
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SELEUCID DYNASTY — Macedonian Greek dynasty (31264 BC) founded by Seleucus I Nicator . Carved from the empire of Alexander the Great , …
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SYRIA — is the term used throughout our version for the Hebrew Aram, as well as for the Greek Zupia . Most …
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SELEUCIA, OR SELEUCIA — (named after its founder, Seleucus), near the mouth of the Orontes, was practically the seaport of Antioch. The distance between …
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