Seleucia (/ sɪˈljuːʃə /; Ancient Greek: Σελεύκεια), also known as Seleucia-on-Tigris or Seleucia on the Tigris or Seleucia ad Tigrim, was a major Mesopotamian city, located on the west bank of …

SELEUCIA, the seaport of Antioch in Syria, from which it is 16 ms. distant. It is now a small village with ruins and has a large inner harbor with a narrow entrance from the Mediterranean. See …

Seleucia in Pieria (Greek Σελεύκεια ἐν Πιερίᾳ), also known in English as Seleucia by the Sea, and later named Suedia, was a Hellenistic town, the seaport of Antioch ad Orontes (Syria Prima), …

Seleucia on the Tigris, Hellenistic city founded by Seleucus I Nicator (reigned 312–281 bce) as his eastern capital; it replaced Babylon as Mesopotamia’s leading city and was closely associated …

Seleucus I Nicator of Syria founded Seleucia Pieria in 301 BC as a port for his capital in Antioch. The city became one of the “Syrian Tetrapolis,” designed to promote Hellenistic culture in …

1. Greek colony founded about the end of the third century B.C. on Lake Merom. According to the inference of Grätz, based on the scholium to Meg. Ta'an., the remnant of the Pharisees …

Seleucia (Greek: Σελεύκεια – also transliterated as Seleukeia) was originally an ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast of Pamphylia, in Anatolia, approximately 15 km northeast of Side; …

Seleucia, an ancient city of significant historical and biblical importance, is mentioned in the context of the early Christian church's missionary activities. Located near the mouth of the …

2022年8月23日 · The Seleucid Empire was a Greek state in West Asia that existed during the Hellenistic period from 312 BCE to 63 BCE. The Seleucid Empire was founded by the …

Seleucia Pieria, in ancient Syria, port of Antioch and frontier fortress on the Cilician border (near modern Samandağ, Turkey), 4 miles (6 km) north of the mouth of the Orontes River. With …