Enciclopedia Cattolica

SELEUCIDI

Seleucids

Volume XI · p. 181 · 1953

English translation · Testo originale italiano

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Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

SELEUCIDS. – Dynasty that ruled in Asia Minor from 312 to 65 B.C. The Seleucid kingdom, which underwent many territorial changes during its long duration, Syria (v.) as its center and Antioch (v.) as its capital, founded by the dynasty’s founder, Seleucus I.