Seleucus III Ceraunus

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Seleucus III Ceraunus was a short-reigning Hellenistic king of the Seleucid Empire in the late 3rd century BCE, known for his troubled rule and early death during campaigns in Asia Minor.

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Seleucus III Ceraunus canonical 5
Seleucus Ceraunus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic king ⓘ
Seleucid ruler ⓘ
ancient Greek person ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Seleucus III Ceraunus ⓘ
surface form: Seleucus Ceraunus

Seleucus Soter ⓘ
associatedWith internal instability in the Seleucid Empire ⓘ
birthDate c. 243 BCE ⓘ
campaign Asia Minor campaign against Attalid power ⓘ
capitalOfRealm Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
century 3rd century BCE ⓘ
coinageIssued Seleucid royal coinage ⓘ
conflict struggle to retain Asia Minor territories ⓘ
deathCause assassination ⓘ
deathDate 223 BCE ⓘ
deathPlace Asia Minor ⓘ
dynasty Seleucid kings ⓘ
surface form: Seleucid dynasty
epithet Ceraunus ⓘ
epithetMeaning Thunderbolt ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
father Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
fullName Seleucus III Ceraunus self-link ⓘ
governedPeople Greeks ⓘ
Syrian ⓘ
surface form: Syrians

various Near Eastern populations ⓘ
governingStyle monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Mesopotamia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
historicalSource ancient historians of the Hellenistic period ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
mother Laodice II ⓘ
notableFor early death during military campaign ⓘ
troubled rule ⓘ
opponent Attalus I of Pergamon ⓘ
positionHeld King of the Seleucid Empire ⓘ
predecessor Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
realm Seleucid Empire ⓘ
reignDuration short reign ⓘ
reignEnd 223 BCE ⓘ
reignStart c. 225 BCE ⓘ
religion Hellenistic Greek polytheism ⓘ
royalHouse House of Seleucus ⓘ
sibling Antiochus III the Great ⓘ
successionType hereditary succession ⓘ
successor Antiochus III the Great ⓘ
territorialFocus Asia Minor ⓘ
title Basileus (king) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antiochus III the Great → predecessor → Seleucus III Ceraunus ⓘ
Seleucus III Ceraunus → fullName → Seleucus III Ceraunus self-link ⓘ
Seleucus III Ceraunus → alsoKnownAs → Seleucus III Ceraunus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seleucus Ceraunus
Laodice II → mother → Seleucus III Ceraunus ⓘ
Seleucus II Callinicus → child → Seleucus III Ceraunus ⓘ
Seleucus II Callinicus → successor → Seleucus III Ceraunus ⓘ