seleucid in English
He sought actively to reconsolidate the remaining huge Seleucid empire, from Cilicia and Syria eastwards, after the Peace of Apamea had precluded the Seleucids from their possessions north of the Taurus mountain range.
Probably in 144-3 he headed an embassy to the kings and cities of the east, perhaps even as far as the territory contested between Parthians and Seleucids , with Panaetius as his personal companion.
Use "seleucid" in a sentence
1. The Seleucid rulers at first opposed the Maccabees vigorously.
2. Antiochus (221-193 BC) was a Seleucid prince, first-born child to the Seleucid monarchs Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III, and his father's first heir
3. It was a siege of the city of Bactra by the Seleucid
4. Coins countermarked both in the Attalid and Seleucid kingdoms moved back and forth playing a major role in commercial traffic between Attalid western Asia Minor and Seleucid northern Syria
5. What does Antiochus mean? A Seleucid dynasty ruling in Syria (280–64 bc )
6. However, contacts were kept with his Greco-Iranian neighbours in the Seleucid Empire.
7. The Greek Seleucid ruler Antiochus Epiphanes (175-164 B.C.E.) readily accepted the offer.
8. Bactria became a part of the Seleucid Empire, named after its founder, General
9. The Seleucid kings of Syria employed an infantry phalangite corps of the same name.
10. The principle guard infantry of the Seleucid army was the 'Silver-Shields', or Argyraspides.
11. The latter was a northeastern province, first under the Achaemenid, and then the Seleucid empires.
12. Bactria took on Greek culture, became quasi-independent, and theoretically remained part of the Seleucid empire
13. Antiochus IV Epiphanes was a king from the Seleucid dynasty, which ruled the Hellenistic Syrian Empire
14. Antiochus IV Epiphanes was the son of Antiochus III and he ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 B.C
15. There is one exception: Magnesia, where Attalid cavalry contributed to the encirclement and defeat of the Seleucid phalanx
16. Pamphylia and the coinage of Pamphylia played an active role as hub between Attalid (Pergamon) and Seleucid Empires
17. He ruled in the period following the invasion of Parthia by the Seleucid King Antiochus III (223–187 BC).
18. Answer: Antiochus Epiphanes was a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire who reigned over Syria from 175 BC until 164 BC
19. Antiochus IV Epiphanes was a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC
20. Antiochus Antiochus °, name of 13 Seleucid monarchs who ruled Syria for the greater part of two and a half centuries.
21. Antiochus° Antiochus °, name of 13 Seleucid monarchs who ruled Syria for the greater part of two and a half centuries
22. Due to the lack of Greeks in the lands of the Seleucid kingdom, the use of allied, vassal and mercenary troops was great.
23. Antioch was the centre of the Seleucid kingdom until 64 bce, when it was annexed by Rome and was made the capital of the Roman province of Syria
24. In the ancient world, the term Cataphract was used by Greek and Roman sources to describe heavily armored cavalry used by Seleucid, Parthian, Sassanid, and Roman armies
25. Antioch Located on the southern coast of Asia Minor, Antioch was the capital of the Seleucid Empire and later became a major metropolis in the Roman Empire
26. Alexander Balus (HWV 65) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, named after its title character, the Seleucid king Alexander Balas.The work has three acts and was written in English
27. The Greco-Bactrian kingdom appeared in 250 BCE, when the satrap Diodotos (or Theodotus in Latin) rebelled against his Seleucid ruler, Antiochos II, knowing that Antiochus was occupied struggling against the …
28. The Bamiyan Buddhas of Afghanistan and the edicts of Aśoka suggest that the Buddhist monks spread Buddhism (Dharma) in eastern provinces of the Seleucid Empire, and possibly even farther into West Asia.
29. Antiochus I Soter, (born 324 bc —died 262/261), king of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria, who ruled about 292–281 bc in the east and 281–261 over the whole kingdom
30. Before he took control of the Seleucid Empire, he was held as a political hostage in Rome due to his father, Antiochus III the Great’s loss to the Romans, but he was
31. The original Attalid territory around Pergamum (Mysia) was greatly expanded by 188 bce with the addition of Lydia (excluding most Greek coastal cities), part of Phrygia, Lycaonia, and Pisidia (from 183 bce), all former Seleucid territories
32. This is a readable history of the reign of Antiochus III (the Great) ruler of the Seleucid state founded by Seleukos Nikator, one of the successor generals of Alexander the Great, who went a good way to recreating Alexander’s empire before his death.
33. In September 140 B.C.E., an important decree was issued in Jerusalem, enshrined on bronze tablets in Greek style: “King Demetrius [the Greek Seleucid ruler] confirmed him [Simon] in the high priesthood, made him one of his Friends, and paid him high honors. . . .
34. Antiochus IV, a king of the Seleucid Empire, took upon himself the title Epiphanes, meaning the "illustrious one" or "god manifest." He was known as Antiochus Epiphanes and reigned from 175 BC until 164 BC in what is now Syria
35. Concubine: Antiochis; Main deeds: Original name: Mithradates; 188: After the Syrian War, Rome and the Seleucid Empire conclude the Peace of Apemea; the Seleucids are to pay an indemnity and Antiochus is held captive in Rome; 187: Accession of Seleucus IV Philopator; 178: Antiochus is replaced as hostage by Seleucus' son Demetrius