Seleucid Empire
Hellenistic-era Greek state in Western Asia (312–63 BC) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic (or Ancient Greek) successor state of Alexander the Great's empire. At its greatest extent, the Empire covered central Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, Turkmenistan, Pamir and the Indus Valley.
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Seleucid Empire | |||||||||||||||||||
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312 BC–63 BC | |||||||||||||||||||
Capital | Seleucia (305–240 BC) Antioch (240–63 BC) | ||||||||||||||||||
Common languages | Greek(official)[5] Persian Aramaic[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
Religion | Olympianism Babylonian religion[6] Zoroastrianism | ||||||||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||
Basileus | |||||||||||||||||||
• 305–281 BC | Seleucus I (first) | ||||||||||||||||||
• 65–63 BC | Philip II (last) | ||||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Hellenistic period | ||||||||||||||||||
• Wars of the Diadochi | 312 BC | ||||||||||||||||||
• Battle of Ipsus | 301 BC | ||||||||||||||||||
• Roman–Syrian War | 192–188 BC | ||||||||||||||||||
• Treaty of Apamea | 188 BC | ||||||||||||||||||
167–160 BC | |||||||||||||||||||
• Annexed by Rome | 63 BC | ||||||||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||||||||
301 BC[7] | 3,000,000 km2 (1,200,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||
240 BC[7] | 2,600,000 km2 (1,000,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||
175 BC[7] | 800,000 km2 (310,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||
100 BC [7] | 100,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Primarily, it was the successor to the Achaemenid Empire of Persia, and was followed there by the Islamic Caliphate (Rashidun Empire) conquest and rule, from 650s to 660s AD. Later on, much of this area became part of the Umayyad Empire and then the Abbasid Empire.
There were over 30 kings of the Seleucid dynasty from 323 to 63 BC.