State
Seleucid dynasty
ruling dynasty in Hellenistic Syria, Mesopotamia, Iran
- This boundary
- 305–145 BCE
- Founded
- 305 BCE
Overview
The Seleucid dynasty or the Seleucidae (; Greek: Σελευκίδαι, Seleukídai, "descendants of Seleucus") was a Macedonian Greek royal family, which ruled the Seleucid Empire 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 of the Macedonian Empire as a result of the Wars of the Successors (Diadochi).
Records (14)
- 311 BCE — Battle of the TigrisBattle
- 281 BCE — Battle of CorupedionBattle · Seleucis ▸ Lycimachus
- 244 BCE — Battle of Antioch, SyriaBattle · Ptolmeic Egypt ▸ Seleucids
- 229 BCE — Battle of Lake KoloeBattle · Pergamum ▸ Seleucid Empire
- 208 BCE — Battle of AriusBattle · Seleucid Empire ▸ Parthia, Bactria
- 198 BCE — Battle of PaneasBattle · Syria ▸ Egypt
- 190 BCE — Battle of EurymedonBattle · Rome ▸ Seleucid Empire
- 166 BCE — Battle of Beth HoronBattle · Hebrew Rebels ▸ Seleucid Empire
- 166 BCE — Battle of Beth ZurBattle · Jewish Rebels ▸ Seleucid Empire
- 166 BCE — Battle of EmmausBattle · Jewish Rebels ▸ Seleucid Empire
- 166 BCE — Battle of GophnaBattle · Jewish Rebels ▸ Seleucid Empire
- 164 BCE — Battle of Beth ZachariahBattle · Seleucid Empire ▸ Jewish Rebels
- 161 BCE — Battle of CapharsalmaBattle · Maccabean Jewish Rebels ▸ Seleucid Empire
- 145 BCE — Battle of OenoparasBattle · Ptolmey VI ▸ Alexander Balas
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