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  Seleuciden - Wikipedia
Seleuciden (ook Seleukiden genoemd) is de naam van een hellenistische dynastie in een koninkrijk in het huidige Syrië ("Koninkrijk der Seleuciden") van 311 tot 63 v.
Seleucus III Ceraunus (of Soter) (225 - 223 v.
Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator (96 - 95 v.
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 Seleucus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seleucus was the name of several Macedonian kings of the Seleucid dynasty ruling in the area of Syria.
Seleucus III Ceraunus (or Soter) (225 - 223 BC)
Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator (96 - 95 BC)
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 Seleucus VI Epiphanes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seleucus VI Epiphanes was the oldest son of Antiochus VIII Grypus.
However, the score was evened the next year (95 BC) by Antiochus X Eusebes, the son of Antiochus Cyzicenus, and Seleucus was forced to flee from Syria to Mopsuestia in Cilicia, where he set up his court, allegedly in luxorious style.
Four of Seleucus' brothers, including Antiochus XI Ephiphanes Philadelphus, Philip I Philadelphus, and Demetrius III Euergetes, continued the devastating civil war against the other branch of the family and each other.
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 Seleucid Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Silver coin of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Dynasty in 323 BC Seleucus, one of his generals, established himself in Babylon in 312 BC, used as the foundation date of the Seleucid Empire.
The reign of his son and successor Seleucus IV Philopator (187-175 BC) was largely spent in attempts to pay the large indemnity, and Seleucus was ultimately assassinated by his minister Heliodorus.
Epiphanes' young son, Antiochus V Eupator, was first overthrown by Seleucus IV's son, Demetrius I Soter in 161 BC.
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 SELEUCID DYNASTY - LoveToKnow Article on SELEUCID DYNASTY
Seleucus, as a young man of about twenty-three, accompanied Alexander into Asia in 333, and won distinction in the In~lian campaign of 326.
Whilst Antigonus was occupied in the west, Seleucus during nine years (311302) brought under his authority the whole eastern part of Alexanders empire as far as the Jaxartes and Indus.
Seleucus entered the Punjab, but felt himself obliged in 302 to conclude a peace with Chandragupta, by which he ceded large districts of Afghanistan in return for 500 elephants.
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 Seleucus I biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Seleucus I Nicator (312-c.281 B.C.), the first of the line, was the son of Antiochus, a general of Philip of Macedon.
Seleucus undertook an expedition against the revolted provinces of Parthia and Bactria about 235 B.C., but was routed by Arsaces the Great (see ARSACIDAE), while in the west several provinces were wrested from his brother by Attalus I, the King of Pergamum (229-227).
Seleucus IV Philopator (186-175) was eager to dispossess Eumenes II of the provinces which his father, Attalus, had taken, but fear of the Romans prevented him from carrying out his design.
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 Seleucid dynasty - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Seleucus I the Victorious 312-280 BC The death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) saw the Macedonian army in a great confusion.
In 301 BC, Antigonos was defeated by a coalition of other generals, and Seleucus became master of Syria as well, and in 281 BC he took Asia Minor and the wars of the Diadochs ended.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BC), notorious in history for his conflict with the Jews (the Maccabean insurrection) carried out an initially successful campaign in Persia but died along the way.
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 Seleucus IV Philopator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Seleucus IV Philopator reigned from 187 BC to 176 BC over the Seleucid kingdom consisting of Syria (now including Cilicia and Palestine), Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Nearer Iran (Media and Persia).
The true heir, Demetrius, son of Seleucus, now being retained in Rome as a hostage, the kingdom was seized by the younger brother of Seleucus, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, even though an infant son, also named Antiochus, was formal head of state for a few years until Epiphanes had him murdered.
Seleucids The name given to the Macedonian dynasty, which was founded by Seleucus, a general under Alexander the Great.
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On his father's death there was a struggle for the throne between Seleucus and his stepmother, Berenice (on behalf of her infant son).
Muhammad VI Muhammad VI or Mehmet VI, 1861-1926, last Ottoman sultan (1918-22), brother and successor of Muhammad V. He became sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) near the end of World War I and soon capitulated to the Allies, who occupied Constantinople and sought to rule through him what remained of Turkey.
When his grandfather, Charles VI of France, died, Henry was proclaimed king of France by the English, in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Troyes (1420).
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 Encyclopedia: Seleucus VI Epiphanes
Seleucus was soon killed by the inhabitants, who could not afford his extravagant lifestyle.
Antiochus XI Epiphanes or Philadelphus, son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and brother of Seleucus VI Epiphanes was a minor participant in the civil wars which clouded the last years of the once glorious Seleucids, now reduced to local dynasts in Syria.
Philip I Philadelphus was the 3rd son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and took the diadem in the 95 BC together with his twin brother Antiochus XI Ephiphanes, after the eldest son Seleucus VI Epiphanes was killed by their cousin Antiochus X Eusebes.
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 SELEUCIDEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
De Seleuciden (ook Seleukiden genoemd) is een hellenistische dynastie in een koninkrijk in het huidige Syrië ("Koninkrijk der Seleuciden") van 311 tot 63 v.
Hij was een van Alexander de Grotes generaals die, na Alexanders dood in 323 v.
Later werd de hoofdstad van zijn dynastie echter verplaatst naar Antiochië waardoor het machtscentrum zich verplaatste van Mesopotamië naar Syrië.
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 Successors of Alexander Genealogy
The greatest of the successor states to the empire of Alexander the Great, the Seleucid state was created by Seleucus Nicator, one of Alexander's generals, in 312 BC and lasted until 64 BC when the remains of the Kingdom fell to the Romans.
SELEUCUS I NICATOR Ruler Oct 312-305 BC; King from 305 BC; sole ruler 305-September 292; co-ruler 292-September 280 BC assassinated, born c.
SELEUCUS VI EPIPHANES NICATOR 96-95 BC, eldest son of Antiochus VIII.
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 Bible Study - The Seleucids
Seleucus was the Macedonian general who, as one of the Diadochi, or Successors, of Alexander, acquired the vast eastern section of the empire centered on the territory of the old Babylonian empire (see Ancient Empires - Babylon).
From him was established the Seleucid Dynasty that lasted for two and a quarter centuries from 312 B.C. Seleucus received the satrapy of Babylonia in 321 B.C. from Antipater, the administrator of Alexander's kingdom.
Seleucus was assassinated in 281 B.C. by Ptolemy Ceraunus.
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 Seleucus - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A history of Antioch in Syria: From Seleucus to the Arab conquest
History of Antioch in Syria from Seleucus to the A
Coins of the Seleucidæ, kings of Syria: From the establishment of their reign under Seleucus Nicator; to the determination of it under Antiochus Asiaticus.
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 Ancient coins of Syria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Seleucus I (Nicator), B.C. 312-280, was the founder of the dynasty.
Seleucus, son of Antiochus I, appears as βασιλευς in the cuneiform inscriptions of Babylon from B.C. 275 to 269, when he held the viceroyalty of the East.
Epiphanes and Callinicus, sons of Antiochus IV and Iotape, struck bronze coins in Commagene, Selinus, Lacanatis, and Lycaonia (B. p.
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 Greece: Hellenic Kingdoms and the Rise of Rome: Shaw's Outline of Ancient History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Seleucus I Nicator (312-280) In 311 Seleucus recaptured the satrapy of Babylon from Antigonus and from 308 he was able to conquer the entire eastern half of Alexander's empire as far as the Indus.
After the death of Antigonus I at the battle of Ipsus (301) Seleucus was to have received all of Syria from the Euphrates to the Mediterranean but refrained from pressing his claims on the coast due to his friendship with Ptolemy[Diod.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164),the younger brother of Seleucus IV who had been detained as a hostage at Rome after the treaty of Apamea until eventually replaced by Demetrius, eldest son of Seleucus IV.
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 ipedia.com: Seleucid Empire Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The empire was divided into three major portions, controlled by the descendants of Ptolemy Soter in Egypt, Antigonus Monopthalmos (literally "One-eyed") in Greece, and Seleucus in the Mideast.
The Seleucid Empire, was founded in 323 BC by Seleucus I Nicator and had it capital at Babylon.
Seleucus I invaded India (modern Punjab in northen India and Pakistan) in 304 B.C., which was then the Mauryan empire ruled by Chandragupta Maurya.
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 List of ancient Greeks - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Cleopatra VI of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Ptolemy VI of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Seleucus VI Epiphanes - Seleucid king of Syria
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 Seleucid dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Seleucus I Nicator (Nicator, "the Victor") (around 358 - 281 BC) was one of Alexander the Great 's generals who, after Alexander's death in 323 BC, founded the Seleucid Empire.
Antiochus VI Dionysus (or Epiphanes) (145 - 140 BC ?)
Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes or Philometor(70s BC - 60s BC ?)
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 Antiochus X Eusebes
The epithets he took tell much of his story: Eusebes (being a title of his father) and also Philopator (father-loving) both honoured his father.
After that, he ruled Antioch and its surroundings, fighting endlessly against the four brothers of Seleucus VI, the Nabataeans[?] and the Parthians.
A son of Antiochus X, by the name of Antiochus XIII Asiaticus, was made client-king in Syria after the Roman general Pompey had defeated Tigranes.
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 Glossary
Antiochus I was the son of Seleucus I, founder of the dynasty, and Apama I. Joint-king with his father from 292, he succeeded him early in 280 and ruled until his death on 1 or 2 June 261.
Antiochus V Eupator, son of Epiphanes and Laodice, was put to death by the army in 162 on the arrival in Syria of his cousin Demetrius I Soter, the younger son of Seleucus IV and Epiphanes’ rightful successor.
Antiochus VI Epiphanes Dionysus, the infant son of the pretender Alexander Balas (ruled 150-145), was put forward as king by Diodotus (Tryphon) in 143, dethroned by him in 142 and murdered by him in 138.
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 The Amazing Prophecy
When we come to verse 20, Ptolemy V Epiphanes is dead, Ptolemy VI Philometor is pharaoh in Egypt and Cleopatra is the queen mother.
Seleucus inherited a great debt that his father did not pay to Rome for his failed invasion.
Epiphanes means “the magnificent one” or “the illustrious.” He was not of royal blood and had no right to the throne.
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 Seleucid dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Seleucus I Nicator (Nicator, "the Victor") (around 358-281 BC) was one of Alexander the Great's generals who, after Alexander's death in 323 BC, founded the Seleucid Empire.
Antiochus I Soter (co-ruler from 291, ruled 281 - 261 BC)
Antiochus VI Dionysus (or Epiphanes) (145 - 140 BC?)
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 Seleucus - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Seleucus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
* Seleucus I Nicator (Satrap 311 - 305 BC, King 305 BC - 281 BC)
* Seleucus III Ceraunus (or Soter) (225 - 223 BC)
* Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator (96 - 95 BC)
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 139-129. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Demetrius II was sent back to Syria by Phraates II in 129 and was slain in 125 by a pretender.
Antiochus VIII Epiphanes Philometor Callinicus “Grypus” (“hook-nosed”), a younger son of Demetrius II, reigned with Cleopatra until her death (c.
Seleucus VI, son of Antiochus VIII, defeated and killed Antiochus IX (95).
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 From Hyrcanus to Salome Alexandra
After his death, his son, Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator defeats Antiochus IX Cyzicenus and kills him, whose son, Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator, in turn, drives Seleucus out of Syria.
Seleucus takes refuge in Cilicia, where he rules, until he dies in a popular uprising in Mopsuestia.
Antiochus, the brother of Seleucus, wages war against Antiochus XI Epiphanes Philadelphus, but is defeated and dies in battle, whereupon another brother, Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphus puts on the diadem and begins to rule in part of Syria.
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 Hellenistic Period   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
At the battle of Gaza Seleucus I Nicator defeated Demetrius Poliorketes.
Heliodorus murdered Seleucus IV, the brother of Antiochus Epiphanes, in a failed attempt to size the Syrian crown.
Jason, the brother of Onias, bribed Antiochus IV to be appointed high priest at Jerusalem and arranged for the conversion of Jerusalem into a polis.
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 Appian's History of the Syrian Wars
After Seleucus his two sons, Seleucus and Antiochus, succeeded in the order of their age.
She had borne two sons to Demetrius, named Seleucus and Antiochus Gryphus (the Hook Nosed); and to Antiochus one son, named Antiochus Cyzicenus.
He was the seventeenth king of Syria, reckoning from Seleucus (for I leave out Alexander and his son as being illegitimate, and also their slave, Diodotus), and he reigned only one year, while Pompey was busy elsewhere.
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 Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology
His later life was spent in the island of Cos, where he died at an advanced age.
says he flourished in the reign of the last Seleucus; this was Seleucus VI.
Epiphanes, who reigned B.C. The date of his celebrated Anthology cannot be much later, as it did not include the poems of his fellow-townsman Philodemus, who flourished about B.C. 60 or a little earlier.
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