Seleucid navy

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The Seleucid navy was the maritime force of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, used to project power and contest control of the eastern Mediterranean and nearby seas.

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Seleucid navy canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient navy
military branch
commandedBy Seleucid kings
country Seleucid Empire
declineCause Roman expansion
financial weakness of Seleucid state
loss of coastal territories
endTime 1st century BC
engagedInConflict Fifth Syrian War
First Syrian War
Fourth Syrian War
Roman–Seleucid War
Second Syrian War
Syrian Wars
hadBase Antioch
Cyprus
Ephesus
Seleucia Pieria
Sidon
Tyre
influencedBy Aegean naval practices
Macedonian naval traditions
languageOfCommand Greek
notableCommander Antiochus III the Great
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Demetrius I Soter
operatedIn Aegean Sea
Cypriot waters
Syrian coast
surface form: Levantine coast

Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Eastern Mediterranean
surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea
operatedInPeriod Hellenistic period
opposed Macedonian navy
surface form: Macedonian navies

Ptolemaic navy
Roman navy
partOf Seleucid Empire
startTime late 4th century BC
supported Seleucid royal army
surface form: Seleucid army
usedFor amphibious operations
coastal defense
control of sea lanes
power projection
protection of maritime trade
usedPersonnelType marines
rowers
sailors
usedShipType lighter warships
quadrireme
quinquereme
supply ships
transport ships
trireme

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Roman navy opposed Seleucid navy
Second Syrian War hasParticipant Seleucid navy
Macedonian navy rival Seleucid navy