Seleucid Empire

Overview

The Seleucid Empire was a Greek state in West Asia during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 312 BC by the Macedonian general Seleucus I Nicator, following the division of the Macedonian Empire founded by Alexander the Great, and ruled by the Seleucid dynasty until its annexation by the Roman Republic under Pompey in 63 BC.

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Borders & accuracy

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps
• SNAPSHOT200 BCE
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire32

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Battle of Ipsos (Diadochi Wars)301 BCE
  Major conflict · 20K dead
• Wars of the Diadochi323–281 BCE
  Major conflict
• Syrian Wars274–168 BCE
  Major conflict
• Fourth Syrian War219–217 BCE
  Major conflict
• Battle of Raphia217 BCE
  Major conflict
• Battle of Magnesia190 BCE
  Major conflict
• Sixth Syrian War170–168 BCE
  Major conflict
• Ptolemaic-Seleucid Conflict323–280 BCE
  Significant
• Seleucid-Mauryan War305–303 BCE
  Significant
• First Syrian War274–271 BCE
  Significant
• Second Syrian War260–253 BCE
  Significant
• Third Syrian War (Laodicean War)246–241 BCE
  Significant
• Fifth Syrian War202–195 BCE
  Significant
• Roman–Seleucid war192–188 BCE
  Significant
• Maccabean Revolt167–160 BCE
  Significant
• Battle of Ipsus301 BCE
  Regional
• Seleucid–Attalid wars263–189 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Pergamum230 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Harpasus229 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Lake Koloe229 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Arius208 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Corycus191 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Eurymedon190 BCE
  Regional
• Battle of Beth Horon166 BCE
  Regional

+ 8 more in the atlas.