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Monarchs and other people related to the Seleucid Empire

Seleucus I Nicator Seleucus I Nicator (; ; grc-gre, Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ , ) was a Macedonian Greek general who was an officer and successor ( ''diadochus'') of Alexander the Great. Seleucus was the founder of the eponymous Seleucid Empire. In the po ...

(Satrap 311–305 BC, King 305 BC–281 BC), son of Antiochus and founder of the Seleucid Empire *

Seleucus II Callinicus Seleucus II Callinicus Pogon ( el, ; ''Kallinikos'' means "beautifully triumphant"; ''Pogon'' means "the Beard"; July/August 265 BC – December 225 BC),, . was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, who reigned from 246 BC to 225 BC. Faced ...

(246–225 BC) *

Seleucus III Ceraunus Seleucus III Soter, called Seleucus Ceraunus (Greek: ; c. 243 BC – April/June 223 BC, ruled December 225 – April/June 223 BC), was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom, the eldest son of Seleucus II Callinicus and Laodice II. Biograph ...

(or Soter) (225–223 BC) *

Seleucus IV Philopator Seleucus IV Philopator (Greek: Σέλευκος Φιλοπάτωρ; c. 218 – 3 September 175 BC), ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 187 BC to 175 BC over a realm consisting of Syria (now including Cilicia and Judea), Mesop ...

(187–175 BC) *

Seleucus V Philometor The Seleucid king Seleucus V Philometor (Greek: Σέλευκος Ε΄ ὁ Φιλομήτωρ; 126/125 BC), ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the eldest son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea. The epithet ''Philometor'' means ...

(126/125 BC) *

Seleucus VI Epiphanes Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator ( grc, Σέλευκος Ἐπιφανής Νικάτωρ, translit=Séleukos Epiphanís Nikátor; between 124 and 109 BC – 94 BC) was a Hellenistic period, Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, Seleucid monarch who List o ...

Nicator (96–95 BC) *

Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes Seleucus VII Philometor ( grc-gre, Φιλομήτωρ) or Kybiosactes ( grc-gre, Κυβιοσάκτης), was a ruler of the Seleucid kingdom based in Syria. But his existence is disputed. Biography King of Syria The last members of the once mig ...

or Philometor (70s BC–60s BC?) * Seleucus, probable name of the father of

Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator) Antiochus (Greek: Ἀντίοχος; fl. 4th century BC) was a Macedonian man who lived during the time of Philip II of Macedon (ruled 359-336 BC). He originally came from Orestis, Upper Macedonia (modern-day Kastoria, Greece). Antiochus served ...

* Seleucus, a son of

Antiochus I Soter Antiochus I Soter ( grc-gre, Ἀντίοχος Σωτήρ, ''Antíochos Sōtér''; "Antiochus the Saviour"; c. 324/32 June 261 BC) was a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire. Antiochus succeeded his father Seleucus I Nicator in 281 BC and reigned d ...

and grandson to Seleucus I * Seleucus, one of the sons of Antiochus VII Sidetes and

Cleopatra Thea Cleopatra Thea ( el, Κλεοπάτρα Θεά, which means "Cleopatra the Goddess"; c. 164 – 121 BC) surnamed Eueteria (i.e., "good-harvest/fruitful season") was the ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. She was queen consort of Syria fr ...

Seleucus (commandant) Seleucus ( el, Σέλευκος ''Seleukos'') was in 30 BC a commandant of the eastern Egyptian border-fortress Pelusium. In the final stage of the decisive war between Mark Antony and Octavian for the sole rule of the Roman Empire Antony and his ...

, in 30 BC commandant of the eastern Egyptian border-fortress Pelusium

Other people

Seleucus, son of Bithys Seleukos ( grc, Σέλευκος; died ), son of Bithys, was a Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus and admiral in the second century BC. Life Seleucus had citizenship of Alexandria and Rhodes (the latter was probably the result of an honorary grant of ci ...

, Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus (c.145-130 BC), *

Seleucus of Alexandria Seleucus of Alexandria ( grc-gre, Σέλευκος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) was a Roman-era grammarian. He was nicknamed 'Homeric'. He was a sophist in Rome (Second Sophistic era). He commented on pretty well all the poets, wrote a number of ex ...

, a grammarian and sophist, *

Seleucus of Seleucia Seleucus of Seleucia ( el, Σέλευκος ''Seleukos''; born c. 190 BC; fl. c. 150 BC) was a Hellenistic astronomer and philosopher. Coming from Seleucia on the Tigris, Mesopotamia, the capital of the Seleucid Empire, or, alternatively, Seleuk ...

, an astronomer, *

Seleucus (son of Ablabius) SeleucusLenski, ''Failure of Empire: A Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D.'', p. 107 also known as Flavius SeleucusJones, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395'', p. 818 and Count SeleucusBudge, ''Para ...

, a rhetorician and friend of Julian the Apostate, *

Seleucus (Theodosian Praetorian prefect) Seleucus ( el, Σέλευκος) was a wealthy Christian Roman Senator of Greek descent who lived in the second half of the 4th century and first half of the 5th century. One of the parents of Seleucus, was the sibling to the great Christian Saint ...

, Praetorian prefect of the Theodosian dynasty, *

Seleucus (Roman usurper) Seleucus (fl. c. 221) was a Roman usurper. Seleucus was, according to the 5th-century historian Polemius Silvius, a usurper against Emperor Elagabalus. His identity is not known: he could be Julius Antonius Seleucus, governor in Moesia, or Marcus ...

, a Roman usurper.

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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. The rim of S ...

, a crater on Earth's moon * 3288 Seleucus, an asteroid

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