Seleucus II Callinicus

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Seleucus II Callinicus was a 3rd-century BC Seleucid king whose turbulent reign was marked by dynastic conflicts and territorial losses that weakened the empire founded by Seleucus I.

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Label Occurrences
Seleucus II Callinicus canonical 16
Seleucus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic ruler ⓘ
Seleucid king ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthDate c. 265 BC ⓘ
capital Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
causeOfWeakening dynastic conflicts ⓘ
territorial losses ⓘ
child Antiochus III the Great ⓘ
Seleucus III Ceraunus ⓘ
coinage issued silver tetradrachms with his portrait ⓘ
conflict Laodicean War ⓘ
Third Syrian War ⓘ
War of the Brothers ⓘ
consequenceOfReign weakening of the Seleucid Empire ⓘ
deathCause riding accident ⓘ
deathDate 225 BC ⓘ
dynasty Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid kings
epithet Callinicus ⓘ
epithetMeaning nobly victorious ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
father Antiochus II Theos ⓘ
givenName Seleucus ⓘ
historicalReputation one of the weaker Seleucid kings ⓘ
internalConflict dynastic civil war with Antiochus Hierax ⓘ
lostRegion coastal possessions in Syria and Anatolia ⓘ
much of Asia Minor ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo Kingdom of Pergamon ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
mother Laodice I ⓘ
notableEvent outbreak of the Third Syrian War at the start of his reign ⓘ
rebellion and secession of Bactria ⓘ
rise of the Parni under Arsaces in Parthia ⓘ
opponent Antiochus Hierax ⓘ
Ptolemy III Euergetes ⓘ
parentOfFutureTitleHolder father of Antiochus III the Great ⓘ
predecessor Antiochus II Theos ⓘ
realm Seleucid Empire ⓘ
reignEnd 225 BC ⓘ
reignPeriod 3rd century BC ⓘ
reignStart 246 BC ⓘ
religion Hellenistic Greek polytheism ⓘ
sibling Antiochus Hierax ⓘ
Stratonice of Cappadocia ⓘ
spouse Laodice II ⓘ
successor Seleucus III Ceraunus ⓘ
successorStateLoss emergence of independent Greco-Bactrian Kingdom ⓘ
emergence of independent Parthian state ⓘ

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

Antiochus III the Great → father → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Diadochi → hasPart → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Seleucid Empire → hasMonarch → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Syrian Wars → notableSeleucidRulerInvolved → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Third Syrian War → commander → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Seleucus III Ceraunus → father → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Seleucus III Ceraunus → predecessor → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Laodice II → spouse → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Seleucus II Callinicus → givenName → Seleucus ⓘ
linked to: Seleucus II Callinicus
Arsaces I of Parthia → opponent → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Antiochus II Theos → successor → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Antiochus II Theos → child → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Laodice III → spouse → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Laodice III → hasRelative → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Diodotus I → opponent → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Laodice I → motherOf → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Seleucid kings → notableKing → Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ