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	Seleucia on the Tigris
		Seleucia was founded by Seleucus Nicator, a general of Alexander the Great who, after the death of Alexander in 323 BC, secured for himself the Middle East from the Mediterranean to India.
		Seleucia reached the peak of its prosperity under the Hellenistic Greeks and this economic wealth was reflected in careful workmanship.
		The tombs of the dead of Seleucia were in the abodes of the living.
	www.umich.edu /~kelseydb/Excavation/Seleucia.html (1872 words)

	SELEUCIA - LoveToKnow Article on SELEUCIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Seleucia suffered from the rebellion of the satrap Molon of Media, who was put down by Antiochus III.
		The destruction of Seleucia may be considered as the end of Hellenism in Babylonia.
		Other towns bearing the name Seleucia were :(4) Seleucia in Mesopotamia, the modern Birejik; (5) in the Persian Margiana, founded as Alexandria by Alexander the Great and rebuilt as Seleucia by Antiochus I. (of Syria); (6) in Pisidia; (~) in Pamphylia; (8) on the Belus in Syria.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SE/SELEUCIA.htm (926 words)

	Seleucia Pieria
		Seleucia was a commercial port of Antioch, Syria, with which it communicated by the Orontes; it was at the same time a naval port.
		In the sixth century the "Notitia episcopatuum" of Antioch, gives Seleucia Pieria as an autocephalous archbishopric, suffragan of Antioch (Echos d'Orient, X 144); the diocese existed until the tenth century, and its boundaries are known (Echos d'Orient, X, 97).
		During the Byzantine occupation from 970, followed soon after by the Frankish ocoupation, Seleucia regained its importance; during the Crusades its port was known by the name of Saint Symeon.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/s/seleucia_pieria.html (454 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Seleucia Trachea
		Seleucia was famous for the tomb of St. Thecla, a virgin of Iconium, converted by St. Paul, and who died at Seleucia, according to the "Acta Pauli et Theclae", an apocryphal work of the second century.
		At present the title of Seleucia is borne by the Metropolitan of Tarsus-Adana, dependent on the Patriarch of Antioch.
		Seleucia was captured by the Seljuks in the eleventh century, and later by the Armenians of the Kingdom of Cilicia.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13689b.htm (591 words)

	Seleucia (BiblePlaces.com)
		Seleucia was the seaport from which Paul and Barnabas left with John Mark for their first missionary journey (ca.
		Seleucia (Christian Travel Study Program) Highlights major historical and biblical events that took place at the site.
		Seleucia (Unbound Bible) Takes a brief look at the city and references the Bible's mention of the site.
	www.bibleplaces.com /seleucia.htm (334 words)

	THE HELLENISTIC ERA: SELEUCIA PIERIA
		The rule of the country was carried from Seleucia near Tigris (Dicle) to Seleucia near the sea.
		Although Seleucia was founded at the feet of Amonos Mountains, it wasn’t mentioned when he dealt with the marketing place chain near the sea.
		Seleucia was his own name, Antiochia was his father’s name, Apemia (Hums) was his wife’s name and Laodicia (Laskiye) was his mother’s name.
	www.angelfire.com /sd/scevko/history2.html (7711 words)

	Search Results for "Seleucia"
		Seleucia, (sloo´sh) (KEY), ancient city of Mesopotamia, on the Tigris below modern Baghdad.
		Though Verus dissipated at Antioch, his generals sacked Artaxata, Seleucia, and Ctesiphon and put a Roman puppet on the throne of Armenia....
		Tarsus and Seleucia (not to be confused with the port of Antioch) were the principal...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Seleucia (297 words)

	Antioch - Crystalinks
		Seleucia (se-lu' si-a) was the port of Antioch, and capital of Syria in Roman times.
		Seleucia retained it's importance in Roman times, becoming the capital of the Roman province of Syria.
		During the early stages of Christianity, Seleucia had the privilages of a free city, and the remains are numerous.
	www.crystalinks.com /antioch.html (2225 words)

	Chapter State Of Persion And Restoration Of The Monarchy. of History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire by ...
		Seleucia, on the western bank of the Tigris, about forty-five miles to the north of ancient Babylon, was the capital of the Macedonian conquests in Upper Asia.
		The sack and conflagration of Seleucia, with the massacre of three hundred thousand of the inhabitants, tarnished the glory of the Roman triumph.
		Seleucia, already exhausted by the neighborhood of a too powerful rival, sunk under the fatal blow; but Ctesiphon, in about thirty-three years, had sufficiently recovered its strength to maintain an obstinate siege against the emperor Severus.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/1/62/109/25650/5.html (829 words)

	Tigris River - Britannica Concise
		Seleucia on the Tigris - Ancient city, on the Tigris River, central Iraq.
		Seleucia on the Tigris - Hellenistic city founded by Seleucus I Nicator (reigned 312–281) as his eastern capital; it replaced Babylon as Mesopotamia's leading city and was closely associated with the spread of Hellenistic culture in Mesopotamia.
		Seleucia was a cosmopolitan city whose population was composed largely of Macedonians and...
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9380761 (552 words)

	Basil of Seleucia
		Those of his writings which have come down to us, though somewhat too rhetorical and involved, prove clearly that he was a man of great literary ability.
		He was appointed Bishop of Seleucia in Isauria, between the years 432 and 447, and was on of those who took part in the Synod of Constantinople, which was summoned (448) by the Patriarch Flavian for the condemnation of the Eutychian errors and the deposition of their great champion, Dioscurus of Alexandria.
		Like the other prominent supporters of Dioscurus, he should have been removed from his see had he not in the meantime accepted the doctrine contained in the Dogmatic Epistle of Pope Leo to Flavian, and joined in the condemnation of Eutyches and Dioscurus.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/b/basil_of_seleucia.html (315 words)

	Operation Iraqi Freedom IMINT
		Seleucia was built at the end of the 4th century by king Seleucus.
		The Parthians moved the western capital of their empire from Seleucia to Opis, and it was at this time that the city was renamed Ctesiphon.
		Several Roman emperors were unsucessful in that endeavor, and it was not until Septimius Severus took Ctesiphon and Seleucia in 198 CE that the Parthinina Empire began to collapse.
	www.globalsecurity.org /intell/library/imint/iraqi-freedom-20-5.htm (615 words)

	Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. IV
		) and of the fateful assemblies of Rimini and Seleucia.
		It was written moreover after the latter council had broken up (Oct. 1), but before the news had reached Athanasius of the Emperor's chilling reception of the Ariminian deputies, and of the protest of the bishops against their long detention at that place.
		Their one chance of escaping disaster was in the principle `divide et impera.' The Council was divided into two: the Westerns were to meet at Ariminum, the Easterns at Seleucia in Cilicia, a place with nothing to recommend it excepting the presence of a strong military force.
	www.ccel.org /fathers2/NPNF2-04/Npnf2-04-63.htm (1571 words)

	DE SYNODIS -- COUNCILS OF ARIMINUM AND SELEUCIA (PARTS I, II & III)
		Proceedings at Seleucia; reflections on the conduct of the Arians.
		Meanwhile the transactions in Seleucia the Rugged were as follows: it was in the month called by the Romans September, by the Egyptians Thoth, and by the Macedonians Gorpi'us, and the day of the month according to the Egyptians the 16th(8), upon which all the members of the Council assembled together.
		And this was the termination of the Council in Seleucia.
	www.synaxis.org /ecf/volume27/ECF00021.htm (13660 words)

	THECLA - LoveToKnow Article on THECLA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The centre of her cult was Seleucia, in Isauria.
		Her basilica, south of Seleucia, on the mountain, was long a very popular place of pilgrimage, and is mentioned in the two books of St Basil of Seleucia.
		The great popularity of the saint is due more particularly to her Acta, which in all their forms derive from the apocryphal work known as the Acta Pauli et Theclae.
	17.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TH/THECLA.htm (356 words)

	The Parthian period (
		In any case, Seleucia was treated better by the Parthians than it had been by the Seleucids, and the local government retained its autonomy.
		His troops moved north and occupied Babylon and Seleucia probably sometime in 127 BC, when the Parthians were fighting nomadic invaders in the eastern part of their territory.
		From coinage it is known that the city of Seleucia revolted against central control at the end of Artabanus' reign and maintained its independence for a number of years.
	www.angelfire.com /nt/Gilgamesh/parthian.html (2485 words)

	Seleucia - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Seleucia (Greek Seleukia) was the name of several cities in the ancient world, all called after Seleucus I Nicator, the founder of the Seleucid dynasty, which was an important state in the ancient Near East in the third and second centuries BC.
		Seleucia on Tigris, south of modern Baghdad, founded as the Greek city of Babylonia; superseded by Ctesiphon on the opposite bank
		Seleucia in Pieria, modern Çevlik, the port of Antioch, south of modern Iskenderun (ancient Alexandria, which was eclipsed by Seleucia)
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Seleucia (133 words)

	The Seleucid Accessions Chronicle (BCHP 10) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Zeugma was certainly not a "city of kingship", it was not situated on the "King's Canal" and the context suggests a city close-by, i.e.
		As a matter of fact, a city of Seleucia on the Euphrates (not called "city of kingship") is mentioned a few times in the Astronomical Diaries from the Parthian period.
		What we learn from these passages is, that a Seleucia on the Euphrates and the King's Canal must have existed, that it was distinguished from Seleucia on the Tigris, that it was liable to attacks from Arabs, that it had a "mountainous side" and that there was "a second canal" upstream.
	www.livius.org /cg-cm/chronicles/bchp-dynastic/dynastic_02.html (2454 words)

	Livius Picture Archive: Seleucia (Çevlik) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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		Seleucia was founded in 300 by Seleucus I Nicator, the founder of the Seleucid empire.
		However, the Seleucids temporarily lost Seleucia to the Ptolemies after the Laodicean War (a.k.a.
	www.livius.org /a/turkey/seleucia/seleucia.html (315 words)

	ELYMAIS PROVINCE - (CAIS at SOAS) ©
		Le Rider also suggests that the Elymaeans retook Seleucia on the Hedyphon from the Parthians sometime after the conquests of Mithradates I and that, thereafter, Seleucia served as the Elymaean capital.
		It is argued that the Elymaeans established a mint at Seleucia, and that this was where silver tetradrachms, commencing with those ascribed to Kamnaskires II and dated to the year 82/81 B.C.E., were struck (Le Rider, p.
		Le Rider suggests that the tetradrachms with Aramaic inscriptions were minted at the former Elymaean capital of Seleucia on the Hedyphon, perhaps mainly for internal circulation.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Geography/elamais.htm (2599 words)

	History of Iran: Ctesiphon (Parthian: Tyspwn)
		It is not clear when Ctesiphon became the most important city in the Parthian empire, but what is reasonably clear is that the spoils of a large campaign against the Roman empire in 41 BCE were invested in the new capital, which became one of the greatest cities in the ancient world.
		In the second century CE, the large city became the natural target for Roman aggression, because the Romans thought that the capture of the Parthian capital would inevitably result in the fall of the eastern empire.
		Although Ctesiphon was the capital of the Sassanid empire, Seleucia was not forgotten; it was renamed Veh-Ardair ("the good city of Ardair").
	www.iranchamber.com /history/ctesiphon/ctesiphon.php (710 words)

	Catholicate of the East
		It therefore, became necessary for the Patriarch to vest authority in an ecclesiastical dignitary to carry on the administration in the Persian region.
		The Bishop/Catholicos of Seleucia acted as the deputy of the Patriarch of Antioch, in the Persian Empire, with some exclusive privileges to consecrate bishops on behalf of the Patriarch.
		MOR ISHAQ (Issac), the bishop of Seleucia, thus became the head of the Persian Church and was acknowledged the first "CATHOLICOS OF THE EAST", with jurisdiction over the entire Persian Empire.
	catholicose.org /PauloseII/Catholicate.htm (3327 words)

	NPNF (V2-02) (ii.v.xxxix)
		They were therefore planning to transfer the council to the neighboring city of Nicæa: but this plan was again altered, as it seemed more convenient to meet at Tarsus in Cilicia.
		Macedonius pleaded indisposition, and failed to attend; Patrophilus said he had some trouble with his eyes, and that on this account it was needful for him to remain in the suburbs of Seleucia; and the rest offered various pretexts to account for their absence.
		A sharp contest arose in consequence of this demur; some affirming that cognizance ought first to be taken of all such accusations, and others denying that anything whatever should have precedence of matters of faith.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/npnf202.ii.v.xxxix.html (683 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Isaac of Seleucia
		Isaac's great work was the organizing of the Council of Seleucia, the equivalent for the Eastern Syrian Church of the Council of Nicaea.
		Two Persian nobles and the Grand Vizier, who represented the king at this important assembly, promulgated a decree authorizing the Christians to practice their religion and to construct churches.
		They recognized Isaac, the Catholicos of Seleucia, as the sole official head of the Persian Christians, and declared that the secular arm would repress all who were insubordinate to him.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08176b.htm (308 words)

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		Seleucia was the closest seaport city to Antioch.
		I think that we can safely assume that since the church at Antioch sent them out that the church at Antioch furnished them with funds sufficient to pay their fare on the ship and enough money to furnish them with room and board for a while.
		Luke doe not tell us how they reached the decision to go to this particular island, but we can be sure that the Holy Spirit was leading them to this place and that they were submissive to the leadership of the Spirit in making this decision.
	members.ispwest.com /pec/acts/Acts065.txt (3155 words)

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