Seleucus I Nicator (/səˈljuːkəs naɪˈkeɪtər/;[citation needed] c. 358 – 281 BC; Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ Séleukos Nikátōr Attic Greek pronunciation: [sé...
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son born to King and founder of the Seleucid Empire Seleucus I Nicator and Sogdian noblewoman Apama I. Achaeus was of Greek and Sogdian descent. He had...
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called Laodice and in about 358 BC Laodice gave birth to their son Seleucus I Nicator, who became a general of Alexander the Great and later founded and...
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Look up Seleucus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seleucus may refer to: Seleucus I Nicator (Satrap 311–305 BC, King 305 BC–281 BC), son of Antiochus...
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Antiochis and Laodice I, and a brother Andromachus. His father Achaeus was the second son of King Seleucus I Nicator and his first wife Apama I. According to...
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Seleucid dynasty (redirect from House of Seleucus)
based in West Asia during the Hellenistic period. It was founded by Seleucus I Nicator, a general and successor of Alexander the Great, after the division...
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Seleucid–Mauryan war (category Seleucus I Nicator)
Seleucid–Mauryan War was fought between 305 and 303 BC. It started when Seleucus I Nicator of the Seleucid Empire sought to retake the Indian satrapies of the...
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expanded and secured his western border, where he was confronted by Seleucus I Nicator in the Seleucid–Mauryan war. After two years of war, Chandragupta...
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Macedonian king of the Seleucid Empire. Antiochus succeeded his father Seleucus I Nicator in 281 BC and reigned during a period of instability which he mostly...
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Great of Macedon: the general Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, and Seleucus I Nicator, the Macedonian Greek founder of the Seleucid...
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the title of king; Ptolemy, as well as Cassander, Lysimachus and Seleucus I Nicator, responded by doing the same. In the winter of 306 BC, Antigonus tried...
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Macedon and gained distinction as one of Philip’s officers. Her brother Seleucus I Nicator was one of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great and her paternal uncle...
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the spring of 310, he was soundly defeated when he tried to expel Seleucus I Nicator from Babylon; his father was defeated in the autumn. As a result of...
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Ptolemy I Soter, Seleucus I Nicator, and Lysimachus decisively defeated the Antigonids at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC, during which Antigonus I was killed...
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Antioch (category Seleucus I Nicator)
fourth century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, as one of the tetrapoleis of Seleucis of Syria. Seleucus encouraged Greeks...
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Seleucid Empire (section Rise of Seleucus)
Hellenistic period. It was founded in 312 BC by the Macedonian general Seleucus I Nicator, following the division of the Macedonian Empire founded by Alexander...
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who mothered Attalus I of Pergamon. Her father, Achaeus, was the second son of King Seleucus I Nicator and his first wife, Apama I. Her name implies a...
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Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator (Ancient Greek: Σέλευκος Ἐπιφανής Νικάτωρ, romanized: Séleukos Epiphanís Nikátor; between 124 and 109 BC – 94 BC) was a...
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son, also named Seleucus, and Seleucus V's sister, Laodice, on his campaign against Parthia, and when Antiochus was killed, this Seleucus and Laodice were...
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Babylonian War (category Seleucus I Nicator)
fought between 311–309 BC between Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Seleucus I Nicator, ending in a victory for Seleucus. This conflict ended any possibility of...
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Stratonice of Syria (redirect from Stratonice I)
by the violence of his passion), Seleucus gave up Stratonice in marriage to him in 294 BC. At the same time Seleucus announced that Antiochus would be...
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Alexander: Cassander, ruler of Macedon; Lysimachus, ruler of Thrace; and Seleucus I Nicator, ruler of Babylonia and Persia. Antigonus was killed, but his son...
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Seleucus III Soter, called Seleucus Ceraunus (Greek: Σέλευκος Γ΄ ὁ Σωτήρ, ὁ Κεραυνός; c. 243 BC – April/June 223 BC, ruled December 225 – April/June 223...
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Apama (category Seleucus I Nicator)
sometimes known as Apama I or Apame I, was a Sogdian noblewoman and the wife of the first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucus I Nicator. They married at Susa...
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the Diadochi kings Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Seleucus I Nicator, ending in a victory for the latter, Seleucus I Nicator. The conflict ended any possibility...
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was a queen (basilissa) of ancient Macedonia. She was a daughter of Seleucus I Nicator, the founder of the Seleucid Empire, and Stratonice. In 277 or 276...
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Seleucus I Nicator Seleucia above Zeugma – Seleucus I Nicator Seleucia (Pamphylia) – Seleucus I Nicator Seleucia Sidera: named for Seleucus I Nicator...
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also refer to: the Hellenistic title Nicator or Nikator (Νικάτωρ, meaning "Victor"), borne by: Seleucus I Nicator, general of Alexander the Great and founder...
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emperor Chandragupta Maurya. He also played the role of Greek king Seleucus I Nicator in the Colors TV serial Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat. and the role of...
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Alexander the Great, as well as the later kings Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Seleucus I Nicator. Mithridates was born in the Pontic city of Sinope, on the...
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