SELEUCUS I

(Seleucus Nicator)səlyooˈkəs, d. 280 b.c., 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 b.c. he received Babylonia. Conquest of Susiana and Media enlarged his holdings, and he invaded NW India. Later (c.305) he yielded part of present Afghanistan to Chandragupta. Seleucus was drawn into the league against Antigonus I, and when Antigonus was defeated at Ipsus in 301 b.c., Seleucus gained a large part of Asia Minor and all of Syria. Of the Macedonian generals he was the one who tried hardest to set up a kingdom following Alexander's ideas. He founded Greek colonies such as Seleucia and Antioch. He also tried to govern the subject people according to the methods of the Persian Empire. He finally won Asia Minor by defeating Lysimachus in the battle at Corupedion in Lydia in 281, an event that marked the end of the Diadochi. Seleucus was murdered before he could achieve his ambition of seizing the vacant throne of Macedonia as well. He was succeeded by Antiochus I.

See E. R. Bevan, The House of Seleucus (2 vol., 1902; repr. 1966) and B. Bar-Kochva, The Seleucid Army (1976).

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If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem: American Jews and the State of Israel
Book by Robert Silverberg; William Morrow, 1970
Subjects: Israel--Relations--United States, Jews--United States, United States--Relations--Israel, Zionism--United States
...tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy...including Palestine, passed into the power of Seleucus, one of Alexanders generals. It was a king...in the generation prior to World War I more than two million Eastern European Jews...
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Ptolemy of Egypt
Book by Walter M. Ellis; Routledge, 1994
Subjects: Egypt--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Ptolemy--I Soter--King Of Egypt--D. 283 B.C
...capacity as governor of Phrygia. Ptolemy and Seleucus were at Babylon. From our perspective...Lysimachus became the governor of Thrace. Seleucus, the future dynast, accepted the command...discussion of the problem with my colleagues, I have concluded that this scenario is doubtful...
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Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D
Book by Noel Lenski; University of California Press, 2002
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History--Valens, 364-378, Rome--History--Valentinian I, 364-375, Valens--Emperor Of The East--Ca. 328-378, Valentinian--I--Emperor Of Rome--321-375
...of the East, ca. 328 378. 2. Byzantine Empire History Valens, 364 378. 3. Valentinian I, Emperor of Rome, 321 375. 4. Rome History Valentinian I, 364 375. I. Title. DF559. L46 2002 949.59013 dc21 2002009716 Manufactured in the United States...
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Five Men; Character Studies from the Roman Empire - Vol. 6
Book by Martin Percival Charlesworth; Harvard University Press, 1936
Subjects: Agricola, Gnaeus Julius--40-93, Herod Agrippa--I--King Of Judea--10 B.C.-44 A.D, Josephus, Flavius, Musonius Rufus, C--(Caius)--B. Ca. 30, Rome--Civilization
...fitted into the scheme of the Roman Empire. I have chosen real people to illustrate the...Merchant, which is a composite picture, and I have taken some pains to ensure that the...further in the history of the Roman Empire, I shall be glad. It is a pleasant duty to...
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Life of Constantine
Book by Averil Cameron, Stuart G. Hall, Eusebius; Clarendon Press, 1999
Subjects: Constantine--I--Emperor Of Rome--D. 337, Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Constantine I, The Great, 306-337
...Includes bibliographical references. 1. Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, d. 337. 2. Emperors--Rome-- Biography, 3. Rome--History--Constantine I, the Great, 306-337. I. Cameron, Averil. II. Hall, Stuart George. III. Title...
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That I Might Hear Thee Call Great Caesar "Ass Unpolicied."
Journal article by Richard A. Levin; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 33, 1997
Subjects: Antony and Cleopatra (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Caesar, Julius--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Shakespeare, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...lord, Upon his peril, that I have reserved To myself nothing. Speak the truth, Seleucus. Seleucus. Madam, I had rather seal my lips Than...is not. Cleopatra What have I kept back? Seleucus. Enough to purchase what you...
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Uruk: Spatbabylonische Texte Aus Dem Planquadral U L, Teil V
Journal article by Piotr Michalowski; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, 2001
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Uruk: Spatbabylonische Texte aus dem Planquadral U l, Teil V (Book)--Reviews
...documents, The latter (nos. 283-315) span the time from the eleventh year of Nebuchadnezzar II through the tenth year of Seleucus I. Although this volume is clearly a mopping-up operation of left-over materials, there are many tantalizing fragments...
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Mythology and Mythologies: Methodological Approaches to Intercultural Influences
Journal article by Gary Beckman; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 123, 2003
Subjects: Mythology and Mythologies: Methodological Approaches to Intercultural Influences (Book)
...to Lucian, Combabos is a companion of Seleucus I who castrates himself to assure his...adduced. As a further such example, I might mention the essay of Amar Annus...fanciful. Other papers are more useful. I particularly commend J. N. Lawsons exploration...
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Shakespeare's Politics of Loyalty: Sovereignty and Subjectivity in Antony and Cleopatra
Journal article by Paul Yachnin; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 33, 1993
Subjects: Antony and Cleopatra (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Shakespeare, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...78-81)(16) On the face of it, Seleucus is one of those motivated by...distrust of his master (III.i). However, and importantly...James I, p. 269. 13 James I, p. 169. See Goldberg (esp...Stirling, "Cleopatras Scene with Seleucus: Plutarch, Daniel, and Shakespeare...
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Dating Problems in Cuneiform Tablets concerning the Reign of Antigonus Monophthalmus
Journal article by Tom Boiy; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, 2001
Subjects: Clay tablets--Analysis, Cuneiform inscriptions--Analysis, Greece--Antiquities
...14 B.C ., the year when Seleucus left Babylon for Egypt...circles. In the following I intend to discuss the...chronological confusion. I will examine their original...royal title of his enemy Seleucus. Secondly, the equation...ostraca from Idumaea (I. Ephal.sup.subset and...
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Return to Dura Europos
Magazine article by Penny Young; History Today, Vol. 47, November 1997
Subjects: Dura Europos--History, Historic sites--Syria, Syria--Antiquities
...re-established in the third century BC by Nicanor, a general of Seleucus I. Dura means `fortress end it was indeed a fortified city...historians sit up. Clark Hopkins described the find: `I clearly remember when the foot of fill dirt still covering...
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Countdown to the Beginning of Time-Keeping
Magazine article by Robert Garland; History Today, Vol. 49, April 1999
Subjects: Calendar, Julian--History, Calendar--History, Time measurement--History
...popular era date in the Greek East was 312 BC, which was when Seleucus I became king of Babylon. This was known as Year One. The...prefaces the poets description of the Age of Iron -- `O that I was not among men of the fifth race, but had either died...
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`Do They Know It's Christmas?'
Magazine article by Anthony Bryer; History Today, Vol. 51, January 2001
Subjects: Byzantine antiquities--Analysis, Calendar--History, Ethiopia--History
...Anniversaries have their uses. I do not know how significant the...which began with the entry of Seleucus Nicator into Babylon in 312 BC...Resurrection is not known to me. I deduce it by signs -- the great...days before the Muslim holiday. I have nothing with me, no books...
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An Empire Builder - Seleukos Nikator
Magazine article by John Grainger; History Today, Vol. 43, May 1993
Subjects: Asia Minor--History, Biography--To 500, Kings and rulers--Biography, Seleukos--Biography
...Mehl, Seleukos Nikator und sein Reich (Louvain, 1986); an older but shorter account is by E.R. Bevan in volume I of The House of Seleucus (1902). One aspect of Seleukos policy is discussed in John D. Grainger, The Cities of Seleukid Syria (OUP, 1990...
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Taking Leave
Magazine article by Andre Bernard; American Scholar, Vol. 73, Autumn 2004
...be the same? Will anything ever be quite the same again? If I return. --EDWARD ABBEY, Desert Solitaire, 1968 They say...Peithon, Attalus, Demophon, Peucestas, Cleomenes, Menidas and Seleucus spent the night in the temple of Serapis, and asked the god...


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...I (Antiochus Soter)anti k s so t r, b. c.324 b.c., d. c.262 or 261 b.c., king of Syria (280 261? b.c.), son of Seleucus I . He did not, like his father, seek to expand in Europe. The Seleucid holdings were greatly reduced, particularly by...
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...Mesopotamia at the time (316) when Eumenes was murdered. His great power, however, ultimately caused Lysimachus , Seleucus I , and Ptolemy I to unite against him. Antigonus son, Demetrius Poliorcretes (later Demetrius I of Macedon), was an able agent...
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DEMETRIUS I , king of ancient Syria (Demetrius Soter)dime tre s so t r, c.187 150 b.c., king of ancient Syria (162 150 b.c.), son of Seleucus IV. He was sent as a hostage to Rome, where he remained during the reigns...
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