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Seleucus may refer to:

Monarchs and other people related to the Seleucid Empire

  • Seleucus I Nicator (Satrap 311–305 BC, King 305 BC–281 BC), son of Antiochus and founder of the Seleucid Empire
  • Seleucus II Callinicus (246–225 BC)
  • Seleucus III Ceraunus (or Soter) (225–223 BC)
  • Seleucus IV Philopator (187–175 BC)
  • Seleucus V Philometor (126/125 BC)
  • Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator (96–95 BC)
  • Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes or Philometor (70s BC–60s BC?)
  • Seleucus, probable name of the father of Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator)
  • Seleucus, a son of Antiochus I Soter and grandson to Seleucus I
  • Seleucus, one of the sons of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra Thea
  • Seleucus (commandant), in 30 BC commandant of the eastern Egyptian border-fortress Pelusium

Other people

  • Seleucus, son of Bithys, Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus (c.145-130 BC),
  • Seleucus of Alexandria, a grammarian and sophist,
  • Seleucus of Seleucia, an astronomer,
  • Seleucus (son of Ablabius), a rhetorician and friend of Julian the Apostate,
  • Seleucus (Theodosian Praetorian prefect), Praetorian prefect of the Theodosian dynasty,
  • Seleucus (Roman usurper), a Roman usurper.

Other uses

  • Seleucus (crater), a crater on Earth's moon
  • 3288 Seleucus, an asteroid

See also

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