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Meaning of "seleucids"
Seleucids: referring to the Seleucid Empire, a Hellenistic state in Western Asia from 312 BC to 63 BC, formed by the Seleucid dynasty
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The region was originally set up by the Seleucids.
There are indications that the Seleucids claimed the role of deity.
He was the eighth ruler of the Seleucids.
Jonathan Maccabeus is recognised by the Seleucids as a minor king within their dominions.
This corresponded with the MaccabeanRevolt directed against the Seleucids.
Jonathan used warfare and diplomacy to persuade the Seleucids to appoint him as high priest.
The Seleucids won the battle.
The name is attested under the Seleucids and Ptolemies.
Under the Seleucids there was a revival in the fortunes of Hama.
During the Hellenistic period it was a port town ruled by the Seleucids.
It was later ruled by Seleucids before secession of Bactria.
Arsaces II sued for peace and became a vassal of the Seleucids.
It was ruled by Seleucids before the satrap of Parthia declared independence.
They even established a major garrison in Sicily in case the Seleucids ever got to Italy.
It was these Seleucids who built a pagan temple dedicated to Pan at Paneas.
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He claimed descent from the Seleucids of Macedonia.
This forced the Seleucids to sue for peace and to abandon Asia Minor.
Wars against the Parthians and Seleucids.
The weakening of the Seleucids brought to Tyre an almost total autonomy.
Phoenicia along with Syria reverted to the Seleucids.
He was also engaged in wars with the Seleucids over control of Palestine and Anatolia.
The Seleucids withdrew to the Tarsus mountains.
The following relatively dormant period under the Seleucids marked the introduction of Hellenism to Persia.
The Seleucids are led by the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal.
The Ptolemies and the Seleucids have long disappeared.
This corresponded with the Maccabean Revolt directed against the Seleucids.
They fought against Seleucids and eventually they could put an end to the Greek Empire.
Drangiana for the Seleucids.
The Seleucids sued for peace and began settling it with Scipio Asiaticus.
Arsaces against the Seleucids.
The fortress remained a stronghold of the Seleucids and their Hellenized supporters during the Maccabean Revolt.
Nevertheless, he was permitted to continue to reign as a vassal of the Seleucids.
God of the Seleucids.
They kept the frataraka title and minted coins, probably keeping good relations with the Seleucids.
Polybius the Seleucids.
Thereafter, the Seleucids regarded Palestine as rightfully theirs.
The Romans decided to intervene and they defeated the Seleucids at the Battle of Thermopylae.
Thereafter Antigonus II 's foreign policy is marked by friendship with the Seleucids.
The defeat by Rome forced the Seleucids to retreat back to Asia Minor.
The Seleucids took their name from Seleucus, a cavalry officer of Alexander.
Companions ' was a title not used by the Seleucids in its original sense.
After being ruled by the Ptolemies, the Jews eventually passed to the Seleucids.
A final victory of the Seleucids ended a forty-year period of conflict.
These kings began to intermarry with neighboring Greek Hellenistic kingdoms, such as the Seleucids.
For more than a century, the Seleucids remained in control of the region.
According to their theory, the veil passed from the Achaemenids to the Hellenistic Seleucids.
A fortress built by the Seleucids called " Doq " stood at the summit of the mountain.
In reality, only a few cities were loyal to the Seleucids during this period.
Like the Spartans, the Seleucids lost the battle, and were forced to evacuate Greece.
But the Satrape Palace, a building unique to the Seleucids does a few other things.
