Seleucid
[sə'lu:sid]
Definition
n.pl. the descendants of Seleucus I. surnamed Nicator who governed Syria from 312 B.C. to 65 B.C.
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Examples
- After a brief submergence by Alexander the Great, it rose again as the Seleucid Empire, which endured for some centuries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires lasted for a considerable time: the forms of government in Asia Minor and the Balkans were more unstable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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