Seleucus I
Se·leu·cus I
S0226200 (sĭ-lo͞o′kəs) 358?-281 bc.Seleucus I
(sɪˈluːkəs)Se•leu•cus I
(sɪˈlu kəs)n.
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释义 | Seleucus ISe·leu·cus IS0226200 (sĭ-lo͞o′kəs) 358?-281 bc.Seleucus I(sɪˈluːkəs)Se•leu•cus I(sɪˈlu kəs)n.
Seleucus ISeleucus I(Seleucus Nicator) (səlyo͞o`kəs), d. 280 B.C., king of ancient Syria. An able general of Alexander the GreatAlexander the Greator Alexander III, 356–323 B.C., king of Macedon, conqueror of much of Asia. Youth and Kingship The son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, he had Aristotle as his tutor and was given a classical education. ..... Click the link for more information. , he played a leading part in the wars of the DiadochiDiadochi [Gr.,=successors], the Macedonian generals and administrators who succeeded Alexander the Great. Alexander's empire, the largest that the world had known to that time, was quickly built. At his death in 323 B.C. it disintegrated even more quickly. ..... Click the link for more information. . In the new partition of the empire in 312 B.C. he received Babylonia. Conquest of Susiana and Media enlarged his holdings, and he invaded NW India. Later (c.305) he yielded part of present Afghanistan to ChandraguptaChandragupta (Chandragupta Maurya) , fl. c.321 B.C.–c.298 B.C., Indian emperor, founder of the Maurya dynasty and grandfather of Aśoka. He conquered the Magadha kingdom (in modern Bihar and Jharkhand) and eventually controlled all India N of the Vindhya Hills. In c. ..... Click the link for more information. . Seleucus was drawn into the league against Antigonus IAntigonus I (Antigonus the One-Eyed or Antigonus Cyclops) , 382?–301 B.C., general of Alexander the Great and ruler in Asia. He was made (333 B.C.) governor of Phrygia, and after the death of Alexander he was advanced by the friendship of Antipater, who with Ptolemy I and ..... Click the link for more information. , and when Antigonus was defeated at Ipsus in 301 B.C., Seleucus gained a large part of Asia Minor and all of Syria. Of the Macedonian generals he was the one who tried hardest to set up a kingdom following Alexander's ideas. He founded Greek colonies such as Seleucia and Antioch. He also tried to govern the subject people according to the methods of the Persian Empire. He finally won Asia Minor by defeating LysimachusLysimachus , c.355–281 B.C., Thessalian general of Alexander the Great. He was a commander in Alexander's fleet on the Hydaspes as well as his bodyguard. On Alexander's death (323 B.C.) Lysimachus took control of Thrace. He joined (314 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. in the battle at Corupedion in Lydia in 281, an event that marked the end of the Diadochi. Seleucus was murdered before he could achieve his ambition of seizing the vacant throne of Macedon as well. He was succeeded by Antiochus IAntiochus I (Antiochus Soter) , b. c.324 B.C., d. c.262 or 261 B.C., king of Syria (280–261? B.C.), son of Seleucus I. He did not, like his father, seek to expand in Europe. The Seleucid holdings were greatly reduced, particularly by the Egyptians under Ptolemy II. ..... Click the link for more information. . BibliographySee E. R. Bevan, The House of Seleucus (2 vol., 1902; repr. 1966) and B. Bar-Kochva, The Seleucid Army (1976). Seleucus ISeleucus I
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