Seleucus
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Monarchs and relations of the Seleucid Empire
- Seleucus I NicatorSeleucus I NicatorSeleucus I was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire...
(Satrap 311–305 BC, King 305 BC–281 BC), son of Antiochus and founder of the Seleucid Empire - Seleucus II CallinicusSeleucus II CallinicusSeleucus II Callinicus or Pogon , was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, who reigned from 246 to 225 BC...
(246–225 BC) - Seleucus III CeraunusSeleucus III CeraunusSeleucus III Soter, called Seleucus Ceraunus , was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom, the eldest son of Seleucus II Callinicus and Laodice II. His birth name was Alexander and was named after his great uncle the Seleucid official Alexander...
(or Soter) (225–223 BC) - Seleucus IV PhilopatorSeleucus IV PhilopatorSeleucus IV Philopator , ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 187 BC to 175 BC over a realm consisting of Syria , Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Nearer Iran . He was the second son and successor of Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III...
(187–175 BC) - Seleucus V PhilometorSeleucus V PhilometorThe Seleucid king Seleucus V Philometor , ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the eldest son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea. The epithet Philometor means mother-loving and in the Hellenistic world usually indicated that the mother acted as co-regent for the prince.In 126 BC...
(126/125 BC) - Seleucus VI EpiphanesSeleucus VI EpiphanesSeleucus VI Epiphanes Nikator, ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the oldest son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and his wife Tryphaena. In 96 BC, Seleucus defeated his half-uncle Antiochus IX Cyzicenus in revenge for his father's death...
Nicator (96–95 BC) - Seleucus VII KybiosaktesSeleucus VII KybiosaktesSeleucus VII Philometor, was a ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom. The last members of the once mighty Seleucid dynasty are shadowy figures; local dynasts with complicated family ties whose identities are hard to ascertain: many of them also bore the same names...
or Philometor (70s BC–60s BC?) - Seleucus, probable name of the father of Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator)Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator)Antiochus was a Macedonian man that lived during the time of Philip II of Macedon, who ruled from 359 BC-336 BC. He originally came from Orestis, Macedonia....
- Seleucus, a son of Antiochus I SoterAntiochus I SoterAntiochus I Soter , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 BC - 261 BC....
and grandson to Seleucus I - Seleucus, one of the sons of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra TheaCleopatra TheaCleopatra Thea surnamed Eueteria was the ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. She ruled Syria from 125 BC after the death of Demetrius II Nicator...
Other people
- Seleucus of AlexandriaSeleucus of AlexandriaSeleucus of Alexandria was a Roman-era Grammarian. He was nicknamed 'Homeric'. He was a sophist in Rome . He commented on pretty well all the poets, wrote a number of exegetical and miscellaneous works, the titles of which are given by Suidas . There are some other in significant persons of this...
, a grammarian and sophist - Seleucus of SeleuciaSeleucus of SeleuciaSeleucus of Seleucia was a Hellenistic astronomer and philosopher. Coming from Seleucia on the Tigris, the capital of the Seleucid empire, or, alternatively, Seleukia on the Red Sea, he is best known as a proponent of heliocentrism and for his theory of the origin of tides.- Heliocentric theory...
, an astronomer
Other uses
- Seleucus (crater)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....
, a crater on Earth's moon - 3288 Seleucus3288 Seleucus3288 Seleucus is an Amor asteroid discovered on February 28, 1982 by H.-E. Schuster at La Silla.- External links :*...
, an asteroid