Seleucus or Seleukos (
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...
: Σέλευκος) was a
Macedonian Greek name, possibly meaning "very bright" or “very white”. It is likely related to the ancient name Zaleucus (
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...
: Ζάλευκος).
Seleucus may refer to:
Monarchs and other people related to the Seleucid Empire
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Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucus I Nicator (; Ancient Greek, Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, ''Séleukos Nikátōr'', "Seleucus the Victorious"; ) was a Ancient Macedonians, Macedonian Greek general, officer and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to fo ...
(Satrap 311–305 BC, King 305 BC–281 BC), son of Antiochus and founder of the Seleucid Empire
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Seleucus II Callinicus
Seleucus II Callinicus Pogon (; ''Callinicus'' meaning "beautifully triumphant", ''Pogon'' meaning "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 with ...
(246–225 BC)
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Seleucus III Ceraunus
Seleucus III Ceraunus (Ancient Greek: Σέλευκος Κεραυνός, ''Séleukos Keraunós''), later also known as Soter (Ancient Greek: Σωτήρ, ''Sōtḗr''; born 244 or 243 BCE; died 223 BCE in Phrygia), was the eldest son of Seleucus ...
(or Soter) (225–223 BC)
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Seleucus IV Philopator
Seleucus IV Philopator ( Greek: Σέλευκος Φιλοπάτωρ, ''Séleukos philopátо̄r'', meaning "Seleucus the father-loving"; 218 – 3 September 175 BC), ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 187 BC to 175 BC over a ...
(187–175 BC)
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Seleucus V Philometor
The Seleucid Empire, Seleucid king Seleucus V Philometor (Ancient Greek, Greek: Σέλευκος Ε΄ ὁ Φιλομήτωρ; 126/125 BC), ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, Seleucid kingdom, was the eldest son of Demetrius II Nicator and ...
(126/125 BC)
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Seleucus VI Epiphanes
Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator (; between 124 and 109 BC – 94 BC) was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who ruled Syria between 96 and 94 BC. He was the son of Antiochus VIII and his Ptolemaic Egyptian wife Tryphaena. Seleucus VI lived durin ...
Nicator (96–95 BC)
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Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes 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 (, ''Antíochos Sōtér''; "Antiochus Soter, the Savior"; 2 June 261 BC) was a Ancient Greece, Greek king of the Seleucid Empire. Antiochus succeeded his father Seleucus I Nicator in 281 BC and reigned during a period of instabi ...
and grandson to Seleucus I
* Seleucus, one of the sons of Antiochus VII Sidetes and
Cleopatra Thea
Cleopatra I or Cleopatra Thea (, which means "Cleopatra the Goddess"; c. 164 – 121 BC), surnamed Eueteria ( ) was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. She was queen consort of Syria from 150 to about 125 BC as the wife of three Kings o ...
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Seleucus (commandant), in 30 BC commandant of the eastern Egyptian border-fortress Pelusium
Other people
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Seleucus, son of Bithys, Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus (c.145-130 BC),
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Seleucus of Alexandria, a grammarian and sophist,
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Seleucus of Seleucia
Seleucus of Seleucia ( ''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, Seleukia on the Erythraea ...
, an astronomer,
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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, ''Par ...
, a rhetorician and friend of Julian the Apostate,
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Seleucus (Theodosian Praetorian prefect) Seleucus () 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 SaintBudge, ''Paradise of t ...
, Praetorian prefect of the Theodosian dynasty,
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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 Marcu ...
, a Roman usurper.
Other uses
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Seleucus (crater)
Seleucus is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater located in the western part of Oceanus Procellarum. To the west is the lava-flooded remains of the walled plain Eddington (crater), Eddington. To the southwest is the crater Krafft (crater), Krafft ...
, a crater on Earth's moon
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3288 Seleucus
3288 Seleucus, provisional designation , is a rare-type stony asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Amor group of asteroids, approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 28 February 1982, by German astronomer Hans-Em ...
, an asteroid
See also
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Seleucia (disambiguation)
Seleucia on the Tigris (, ''Seleúkeia'', "place of Seleucus") was the first capital of the Seleucid Empire and one of the great cities of antiquity but is now an abandoned ruin.
Seleucia also prominently refers to Seleucia Pieria, the port ...
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Seleucid Empire
The Seleucid Empire ( ) was a Greek state in West Asia during the 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 the Great ...
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