List of Famous people named Seleucus

Here are some famous Seleucuses:

Seleucus of Seleucia

First Name Seleucus
Born on January 1, -0190
Died on November 30, -0151 (aged 38)

Seleucus of Seleucia was a Hellenistic astronomer and philosopher. Coming from Seleucia on the Tigris, Mesopotamia, the capital of the Seleucid Empire, or, alternatively, Seleukia on the Erythraean Sea, he is best known as a proponent of heliocentrism and for his theory of the origin of tides.

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Seleucus IV Philopator

First Name Seleucus
Born on January 1, -0217
Died on January 1, -0175 (aged 42)

Seleucus IV Philopator, ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 187 BC to 175 BC over a realm consisting of Syria, Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Nearer Iran.

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Seleucus I Nicator

First Name Seleucus
Born on November 30, -0359
Died on November 30, -0282 (aged 77)

Seleucus I Nicator was a Greek general and one of the Diadochi, the rival generals, relatives, and friends of Alexander the Great who fought for control over his empire after his death. Having previously served as an infantry general under Alexander the Great, he eventually assumed the title of basileus and established the Seleucid Empire over the bulk of the territory which Alexander had conquered in Asia.

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Seleucus II Callinicus

First Name Seleucus
Born on January 1, -0265
Died on January 1, -0225 (aged 40)

Seleucus II Callinicus Pogon, was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, who reigned from 246 BC to 225 BC. Faced with multiple enemies on various fronts, and not always successful militarily, his reign was a time of great turmoil and fragmentation for the Seleucid empire, before its eventual restoration under his second son and eventual successor, Antiochus III.

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Seleucus VI Epiphanes

First Name Seleucus
Born on November 30, -0151
Died on January 1, -0094 (aged 57)

Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who ruled Syria between 96 and 94 BC. He was the son of Antiochus VIII and his Egyptian wife Tryphaena. Seleucus VI lived in a period of civil war between his father and his uncle Antiochus IX, which ended in 96 BC when Antiochus VIII was assassinated. Antiochus IX then occupied the capital Antioch while Seleucus VI established his power-base in western Cilicia and himself prepared for war. In 95 BC, Antiochus IX marched against his nephew, but lost the battle and was killed. Seleucus VI became the master of the capital but had to share Syria with his brother Demetrius III, based in Damascus, and his cousin, Antiochus IX's son Antiochus X.

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Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes

First Name Seleucus
Died on January 1, -0100

Seleucus VII Philometor or Kybiosactes, was a ruler of the Seleucid kingdom based in Syria.

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Seleucus V Philometor

First Name Seleucus
Born on January 1, -0200
Died on January 1, -0125 (aged 75)

The Seleucid king Seleucus V Philometor, ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the eldest son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea. The epithet Philometor means "mother-loving" and in the Hellenistic world usually indicated that the mother acted as co-regent for the prince.

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Seleucus III Ceraunus

First Name Seleucus
Born on January 1, -0243
Died on January 1, -0223 (aged 20)

Seleucus III Soter, called Seleucus Ceraunus, was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom, the eldest son of Seleucus II Callinicus and Laodice II.

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