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Seleucid Empire (312–63 BCE)

Seleucid Empire (312–63 BCE)

  1. Seleucus seizes Babylonia, founding Seleucid rule

    Labels: Seleucus I, Babylonia

  2. Seleucia-on-the-Tigris founded as major capital

    Labels: Seleucia-on-the-Tigris, Seleucus I

  3. Seleucid–Mauryan War ends in settlement

    Labels: Chandragupta Maurya, Seleucus I

  4. Battle of Ipsus reshapes Seleucid western holdings

    Labels: Battle of, Antigonus I

  5. Antioch founded; later becomes Seleucid capital

    Labels: Antioch, Seleucus I

  6. Seleucus defeats Lysimachus at Corupedium

    Labels: Battle of, Lysimachus

  7. Antiochus III begins reign and imperial revival

    Labels: Antiochus III, Seleucid Empire

  8. Antiochus III defeated at the Battle of Raphia

    Labels: Battle of, Ptolemy IV

  9. Battle of Panium secures Coele-Syria for Seleucids

    Labels: Battle of, Antiochus III

  11. Treaty of Apamea sharply reduces Seleucid power

    Labels: Treaty of, Rome

  12. Antiochus IV’s Jerusalem policies spark revolt

    Labels: Antiochus IV, Jerusalem

  13. Parthians take Babylonia and investiture at Seleucia

    Labels: Parthia, Mithridates I

  14. Antiochus VII dies; eastern reconquest ends

    Labels: Antiochus VII, Parthians

  15. Tigranes the Great takes Syria amid Seleucid collapse

    Labels: Tigranes the, Armenia

  16. Pompey annexes Syria, ending Seleucid dynasty

    Labels: Pompey, Roman Syria