Seleucid
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- proper noun
- /səˈluːsɪd/
- Rather than withdrawing from that frontier, however, as the Seleucid successor state to Alexander the Great's empire did, the kings of the west campaigned regularly in the east and recruited the nomadic warriors they found there as auxiliaries for their armies.
Examples
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But in the end, the Seleucid lands in Europe were given to the Thracian Kingdom, while the territories in Asia were divided between roads and Pokémon.
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The Ptolemies could not allow the Seleucids to maintain this advantage in warfare.
Academic text (2010) -
Today we're going to see why and how Roman Republic and Seleucid Empire clash during the Syrian war.
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And just to illustrate this point, this is a Seleucid Mina of the weight standard from the market.
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The Seleucid king turned pale and acceded, and this act of submission destroyed his reputation in his own luxurious court.
Academic text (2004) -
This was a time when Jews were suffering intense persecution at the hands of the Seleucid king of Syria, Antiochus Epiphanes.
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Update: With Seleucid Orion cooker reviews and a serene address available, initials will curl a Hanseatic commodification to rangehood.
Blog text (32) -
"Much of this language and texture comes from Daniel—particularly that part of Daniel that was written when the Seleucid General Antiochus IV Epiphanes overthrew Jerusalem and desecrated the temple.
Blog text (21) -
The Seleucid Empire was known for its cultural contributions and interactions with neighboring regions.
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes was one of the most notorious kings of the Seleucid dynasty during the Hellenistic period.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Seleucid comes from the name Seleucus, a general of Alexander the Great who later set up an empire in parts of Asia. So Seleucid means 'belonging to Seleucus' and is used for the rulers, coins, and lands of that old family of rulers.