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Meaning of "seleucia"
Seleucia is a noun that can refer to various places named Seleucia historically, such as ancient cities or regions
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- Any of several cities in the ancient Western Asia, including:
- Seleucia-on-Tigris or Seleucia on the Tigris, the capital of the Seleucid Empire.
- Seleucia Pieria, the port of Antioch.
- The Seleucia located in Sittacene near the Seleucia-on-Tigris; also known as Kokhe, Mahoza, Veh-Ardashir, or Bahurasir
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Seleucus of seleucia.
After Seleucia it was the biggest city in under Selucid control at the time.
Apollodorus of seleucia.
He was elected secretly at Seleucia and consecrated in the house of a believer.
He had come down to the streets of Seleucia.
He was consecrated at Seleucia while he was still a young man.
The faithful buried him in the great church of Seleucia.
Seleucus of Seleucia was the only astronomer who agreed with him for quite some time.
Hyrcanus no longer had to pay taxes or tributes to a weaker Seleucia.
Seleucia on the Tigris is destroyed.
He also took a prominent part in the siege of Seleucia on the Tigris.
Seleucia Pieria was founded in ca.
The next event connected to Seleucus was the founding of the city of Seleucia.
Seleucia was founded on the right bank of Tigris opposite to Ctesiphon.
Among the schismatics the bishop always bears the title of Seleucia.
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Seleucia then replaced Babylon as the metropolis of the lower Tigris.
She escapes persecutions and death in a miraculous way and finally retires to Seleucia.
Tiridates left Seleucia and fled to Syria.
The place belonged to Adama and was about one hour and a half from Seleucia.
Artemita and Seleucia on the Tigris.
Ptolemy then advanced to Seleucia.
Seleucus establishes Seleucia on the Tigris River as his capital.
Thousands of Christians are executed at Seleucia in Mesopotamia.
Seleucia on the Calycadnus.
He is the son of Antiochus of Seleucia.
Seleucia on the Tigris.
Antioch soon rose above Seleucia Pieria to become the Syrian capital.
Then they reached the Mediterranean above Silifke the old Seleucia.
Basil of Seleucia.
Numbers of others were baptized when Andrew and Nathanael returned from Seleucia.
Councils of Seleucia.
Seleucia Pieria became a major Mediterranean port of the Hellenistic and Roman eras.
Diogenes of Seleucia.
In the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch the bishop always bears the title of Seleucia.
The modern name derives from the Latin Seleucia which comes from the Greek Σελεύκεια.
Seleucia has a similar regal autonomous and imperial currency, but does not become a colonia.
Xenarchus of Seleucia.
He recaptured Seleucia Pieria as well as cities in Phoenicia, amongst them Tyre.
Demetrius proved unable to retake the capital, instead establishing himself in Seleucia.
There were other less important schools at Seleucia and elsewhere, even in small towns.
His theory was not popular, and he had one named follower, Seleucus of Seleucia.
An alternative capital was established at Seleucia on the Tigris, north of Babylon.
His theory was not popular, and he had only one known follower, Seleucus of Seleucia.
Elsewhere, Vologases VI 's coins found in Seleucia show his control over the land.
We know the name of one follower of Aristarchus, Seleucus of Seleucia.
Apparently only two later authors are known, Basil of Seleucia and Gennadius of Constantinople.
Seleucia was declared a “free city” by Pompei.
It is composed of two cities on either side of the Euphrates, Seleucia and Apamea.
Babylon declined after the founding of Seleucia on the Tigris, the new Seleucid Empire capital.
When the see was transferred from Maaloula to Forzol, the title of Seleucia accompanied it.
