Seleucid Empire

English

Proper noun

Seleucid Empire

1. (historical) A Greek-Macedonian empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great and ruled by the Seleucid dynasty (312–63 BCE).
   • 1976, Abraham Malamat, A History of the Jewish People, Harvard University Press, page 217:

     The protracted dynastic struggles completely exhausted the military and financial power of the remnants of the Seleucid Empire and left Syria powerless against the dangers that threatened it from outside and the ferment that weakened it internally.

   • 2008, Monte L. Pearson, Perils of Empire: The Roman Republic and the American Republic, Algora Publishing, page 110:

     Based in Syria, Mesopotamia, and Persia, the Seleucid Empire was one of the largest and most powerful Hellenistic kingdoms created after the death of Alexander the Great.

   • 2012, Robert Johns, The Visions of Daniel the Hebrew Prophet, Thomas Nelson (WestBow Press), page 63,

     Rome terminated the tiny, impotent remnant of the Seleucid Empire in 64 BCE.

Usage notes

• Contemporary Greek-language sources variously described the entity as an empire or a kingdom (βασιλεία (basileía)). Babylonian sources described the rulers as kings. (See Seleucid Empire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )

Translations

Greek-Macedonian empire formed from the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great

• Estonian: Seleukiidide riik
• Finnish: Seleukidien valtakunta
• German: Seleukidenreich (de) n
• Italian: impero seleucide m
• Spanish: Imperio seléucida

Further reading

• Diadochi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hellenistic period on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of Seleucid rulers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia