Seleucid kings

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic monarchs ⓘ
dynastic group ⓘ
royal house ⓘ
capitalCity Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
Seleucia on the Tigris ⓘ
controlledTerritory Anatolia ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
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 ⓘ
followed Alexander the Great ⓘ
foundedBy Seleucus I Nicator ⓘ
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 ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo Parthian Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
notableKing Antiochus I Soter ⓘ
linked to: Antiochus I

Antiochus II Theos ⓘ
Antiochus III the Great ⓘ
Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ
Antiochus VII Sidetes ⓘ
Demetrius I Soter ⓘ
Demetrius II Nicator ⓘ
Seleucus II Callinicus ⓘ
Seleucus IV Philopator ⓘ
originatedFrom Macedonian aristocracy ⓘ
partOf Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid kings
patronDeity Apollo ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
religion Greek polytheism ⓘ
ruled Seleucid Empire ⓘ
ruledFrom c. 305 BC ⓘ
ruledUntil 63 BC ⓘ
usedLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
usedTitle Basileus ⓘ
King of Asia ⓘ

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

Seleucid navy → commandedBy → Seleucid kings ⓘ
Achaemenid dynasty → followedBy → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Temple of Apollo at Didyma → rebuiltUnder → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Shushan → governedBy → Seleucid rulers ⓘ
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Battle of Panium → associatedDynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Seleucus III Ceraunus → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Apama III → memberOf → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Apama III → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Laodice II → notableFamily → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Laodice II → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Cleopatra I Syra → house → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Seleucus II Callinicus → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid kings
Laodice VI → memberOf → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Laodice VI → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Seleucus IV Philopator → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Seleucus IV Philopator → royalHouse → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Seleucia-on-the-Tigris → foundingDynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Hecatompylos → usedByDynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Antiochus VII Sidetes → memberOfDynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Wars against the Seleucid Empire → relatedTo → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Antiochus II Theos → memberOfDynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Tryphon → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty (de facto ruler, not legitimate line) ⓘ
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Demetrius I Soter → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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God Manifest → hasCulturalContext → Seleucid monarchy ⓘ
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Laodice III → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Antiochis → memberOf → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Antiochis → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Demetrius II Nicator → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Seleucid royal army → usedBy → Seleucid kings ⓘ
Seleucid royal army → commandedBy → Seleucid king ⓘ
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Antiochus V Eupator → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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First Syrian War → dynastyInvolved → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Antiochus → usedByDynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Alexander Balas → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Battle of Antioch (145 BCE) → relatedTo → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Cleopatra Thea → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Laodice I → memberOfDynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Mithridates I Callinicus → spouseDynasticOrigin → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Antiochus I Theos of Commagene → claimedDescentFrom → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Seleucia Pieria → foundingDynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Antiochus III of Commagene → motherFamily → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Ptolemy son of Dorymenes → allegiance → Seleucid monarchy ⓘ
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Achaeus (son of Seleucus I) → memberOf → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Apama (daughter of Seleucus I) → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Apama I → nobleFamily → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Stratonice of Syria → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Apama → dynasty → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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Diodotus Tryphon → dynasticContext → Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
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