Seleucid dynasty
ruling dynasty in Hellenistic Syria, Mesopotamia, Iran
7 dated entries naming Seleucid dynasty, drawn from 7 separate years between 358 BCE and 129 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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4th century BC
3rd century BC
- 243 BCESeleucus III Ceraunus, king of the Seleucid Kingdom (d. 223 BC)source
- 225 BCESeleucus III Ceraunus succeeds his father Seleucus II Callinicus as ruler of the Seleucid dynasty, and takes up the task of reconquering Pergamum in Anatolia from Attalus. However, Andromachus, the first general whom he sends, is decisively defeated and captured by Attalus.source
2nd century BC
- 175 BCESeleucus IV Philopator, king of the Seleucid dynasty, who has ruled since 187 BC (b. c. 217 BC)source
- 145 BCEIn the Battle of Antioch, Ptolemy VI Philometor defeats the Seleucid usurper Alexander Balas, but dies in the battle.source
- 129 BCEBattle of Ecbatana: the Seleucid King Antiochus VII Sidetes is defeated and killed by the Parthians under Phraates II, ending Seleucid control over Media or Mesopotamia.source
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- Anatolia (1)
- Pergamum (1)
- Attalus I Soter (1)
- Seleucus II Callinicus (1)
- Macedon (1)
- Alexander the Great (1)
- Seleucus I Nicator (1)
- Mesopotamia (1)
- Parthia (1)
- Medes (1)
- Ptolemy VI Philometor (1)
- Antiochus I Soter (1)