Seleucid royal army

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The Seleucid royal army was the principal military force of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, composed of a mix of Macedonian-style phalanx infantry, cavalry, and diverse regional troops used to control its vast territories in the Near East.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Seleucid army 10
Seleucid royal army canonical 3
Seleucid armies 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
activeFrom late 4th century BCE ⓘ
activeUntil mid 1st century BCE ⓘ
commandedBy Seleucid king ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid kings
commandStructure centralized royal command ⓘ
country Seleucid Empire ⓘ
engagedInConflict Syrian Wars ⓘ
internal dynastic wars ⓘ
wars with Parthia ⓘ
wars with Ptolemaic Egypt ⓘ
wars with the Roman Republic ⓘ
followsMilitaryTradition Hellenistic warfare ⓘ
Macedonian military system ⓘ
garrisonRole control of vast imperial territories ⓘ
hasMainRole principal military force of the Seleucid Empire ⓘ
hasPart Anatolian contingents ⓘ
Arab light cavalry ⓘ
Babylonian contingents ⓘ
Cretan archers ⓘ
Galatian mercenaries ⓘ
Greek settlers in military colonies ⓘ
Indian war elephants ⓘ
Iranian contingents ⓘ
Jewish troops ⓘ
Macedonian settlers ⓘ
Macedonian-style phalanx infantry ⓘ
Median cavalry ⓘ
Persian cavalry ⓘ
Syrian contingents ⓘ
Thracian mercenaries ⓘ
agema cavalry ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
chariots ⓘ
elephant guards ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
garrison troops ⓘ
hypaspists or guard infantry ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
logistical support units ⓘ
mercenary contingents ⓘ
missile troops ⓘ
regional auxiliary troops ⓘ
royal bodyguard ⓘ
royal guard units ⓘ
satrapal levies ⓘ
siege train ⓘ
skirmishers ⓘ
war elephants ⓘ
historicalPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
influenced later Hellenistic armies in the Near East ⓘ
influencedBy Macedonian army of Alexander the Great ⓘ
languageOfCommand Greek ⓘ
partOf Seleucid Empire ⓘ
primaryTheaterOfOperations Anatolia ⓘ
Iranian plateau ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Near East ⓘ
linked to: Middle East

Syria ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
recruitsFrom Greek populations ⓘ
Macedonian populations ⓘ
local Near Eastern populations ⓘ
mercenary markets ⓘ
usedBy Seleucid kings ⓘ
Seleucid monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid Empire
usesTactic cavalry charges ⓘ
combined arms tactics ⓘ
elephant shock tactics ⓘ
phalanx formation ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Nicanor → militaryBranch → Seleucid royal army ⓘ
Fourth Syrian War → hasParticipant → Seleucid army ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid royal army
Battle of Emmaus → hasParticipant → Seleucid army ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid royal army
Battle of Beth Zur → combatant → Seleucid royal army ⓘ
Seleucid navy → supported → Seleucid army ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid royal army
Apamea on the Orontes → associatedWith → Seleucid royal army ⓘ
Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC) → combatant → Seleucid army ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid royal army
Battle of Raphia → involves → Seleucid army ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid royal army
Parthian cavalry → opposed → Seleucid armies ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid royal army
First Syrian War → hasParticipant → Seleucid army ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid royal army
Siege of Alexandria (168 BCE) → hasOpposingForce → Seleucid army ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid royal army
Ptolemy son of Dorymenes → militaryBranch → Seleucid army ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid royal army
Lysias → militaryBranch → Seleucid army ⓘ
subject linked to: Seleucid general Lysias
linked to: Seleucid royal army
Battle of the Elephants → belligerent → Seleucid forces ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid royal army
Battle of the Elephants → combatant → Seleucid army ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid royal army