Seleucid Empire en · PROPN
Meanings
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(historical) A Greek-Macedonian empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great and ruled by the Seleucid dynasty (312–63 BCE).
The protracted dynastic struggles completely exhausted the military and financial power of the remnants of the Seleucid Empire and left Syria powerless against the dangers that threatened it from outside and the ferment that weakened it internally.
1976, Abraham Malamat, A History of the Jewish People, Harvard University Press, page 217:2012, Robert Johns, The Visions of Daniel the Hebrew Prophet, Thomas Nelson (WestBow Press), page 63, Rome terminated the tiny, impotent remnant of the Seleucid Empire in 64 BCE.
Based in Syria, Mesopotamia, and Persia, the Seleucid Empire was one of the largest and most powerful Hellenistic kingdoms created after the death of Alexander the Great.
2008, Monte L. Pearson, Perils of Empire: The Roman Republic and the American Republic, Algora Publishing, page 110:
Translations (5)
es Imperio seléucida (Greek-Macedonian empire formed from the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great) · it impero seleucide (Greek-Macedonian empire formed from the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great) · fi Seleukidien valtakunta (Greek-Macedonian empire formed from the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great) · de Seleukidenreich (Greek-Macedonian empire formed from the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great) · et Seleukiidide riik (Greek-Macedonian empire formed from the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great)