Seleucid kings

E831654

Hellenistic monarchs dynastic group royal house

The Seleucid kings were Hellenistic monarchs who ruled a vast empire founded by Seleucus I after Alexander the Great’s death, controlling territories from the eastern Mediterranean to parts of Asia.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Seleucid dynasty	20
Seleucid dynasty (de facto ruler, not legitimate line)	1
Seleucid rulers	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic monarchs ⓘ dynastic group ⓘ royal house ⓘ
capitalCity	Antioch on the Orontes NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucia on the Tigris NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledTerritory	Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Central Asia ⓘ parts of modern Afghanistan ⓘ parts of modern Pakistan ⓘ
culture	Hellenistic Greek ⓘ
dynasticEthnicity	Greek ⓘ
engagedIn	dynastic marriages with other Hellenistic houses ⓘ
firstKing	Seleucus I Nicator NERFINISHED ⓘ
followed	Alexander the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Seleucus I Nicator NERFINISHED ⓘ
introduced	Greek-style urban institutions ⓘ
knownFor	conflicts with Parthians ⓘ founding Hellenistic cities ⓘ minting Hellenistic coinage ⓘ territorial conflicts with Ptolemaic Egypt ⓘ wars with the Roman Republic ⓘ
lastKing	Antiochus XIII Asiaticus NERFINISHED ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo	Parthian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableKing	Antiochus I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus II Theos NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus III the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus IV Epiphanes NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiochus VII Sidetes NERFINISHED ⓘ Demetrius I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ Demetrius II Nicator NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucus II Callinicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucus IV Philopator NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedFrom	Macedonian aristocracy ⓘ
partOf	Seleucid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronDeity	Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Greek polytheism ⓘ
ruled	Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
ruledFrom	c. 305 BC ⓘ
ruledUntil	63 BC ⓘ
usedLanguage	Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ
usedTitle	Basileus ⓘ King of Asia ⓘ