Seleucid Empire
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Territories of the Seleucid Empire (in yellow). | ||||
Capital | Seleucia on the Tigris (305 BC-240 BC) Antioch (240 BC-64 BC) |
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Language(s) | Greek Aramaic |
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Religion | Ancient Greek religion Zoroastrianism |
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Government | Monarchy | |||
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- 305 BC-281 BC | Seleucus I Nicator | |||
- 65 BC-63 BC | Philip II Philoromaeus | |||
Historical era | Hellenistic | |||
- Partition of Babylon | 323 BC |
The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic successor state of Alexander the Great's dominion. At its greatest extent, the Empire comprised central Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, Turkmenistan, Pamir and the Indus valley.
There were over 30 kings of the Seleucid dynasty from 323 to 60 BC.
[edit] The partition of Alexander's empire (323-281 BC)
Alexander the Great had conquered the Persian Empire later he died young, leaving his huge empire of partly Hellenized culture without an adult heir. The empire was put under the property of a regent in the person of Perdiccas in 323 BC, and the territories were divided between Alexander's generals, who thereby became satraps, at the Partition of Babylon in 323 BC.