Antigonus's son Demetrius I Poliorcetes survived the battle, and managed to seize control of Macedon itself a few years later, but eventually lost his throne, dying as a prisoner of Seleucus I.

The greater share of the east went to the descendants of Seleucus I Nicator.

Modern day Pakistan was conquered by Chandragupta Maurya, who overthrew the powerful Nanda Dynasty of Magadha and established Maurya empire: He conquered the trans-Indus region to the west, which was under Macedonian rule-annexing Balochistan, south eastern parts of Iran and much of what is now Afghanistan, including the modern Herat and Kandahar provinces-and then defeated the invasion led by Seleucus I, a Greek general from Alexander's army.

Coin of Seleucus I Nicator.

Although initially unsuccessful in the Fourth Syrian War against Egypt, which led to a defeat at the Battle of Raphia ( 217 BC ), Antiochus would prove himself to be the greatest of the Seleucid rulers after Seleucus I himself.

Epiphanes ' young son, Antiochus V Eupator, was first overthrown by Seleucus IV's son, Demetrius I Soter in 161 BC.

A Comprehensive Catalogue, Part I, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, With Metrological Tables by B. Kritt, I-II, New York-Lancaster-London, 2002.

The Seleucid dynasty or the Seleucidae ( from, ) was a Greek Macedonian royal family, founded by Seleucus I Nicator (" the Victor "), which ruled the Seleucid Kingdom centered in the Near East and regions of the Asian part of the earlier Achaemenid Persian Empire during the Hellenistic period.

Seleucus I Nicator

* 312 BC: Seleucus I Nicator establishes himself in Babylon, founding the Seleucid Empire.

* 175 BC: Antiochus IV Epiphanes, took possession of the Syrian throne, at the murder of his brother Seleucus IV Philopator, which rightly belonged to his nephew Demetrius I Soter.

* 281 BC: Antiochus I Soter, on the assassination of his father Seleucus becomes emperor of the Seleucid empire

The Greeks and the Arabs were not familiar with cotton until the Wars of Alexander the Great, as his contemporary Megasthenes told Seleucus I Nicator of " there being trees on which wool grows " in " Indica ".

Bactria became a part of the Seleucid Empire, named after its founder, Seleucus I.

The Macedonians, especially Seleucus I and his son Antiochus I ), established the Seleucid Empire and founded great many Greek towns.

* Seleucus I, King of the Seleucid Empire, r. 305 – 281 BC

* Philip I Philadelphus and Antiochus XI Ephiphanes succeed as co-rulers after the deposition of Seleucus VI Epiphanes.

* Erasistratus, Greek anatomist and royal physician under Seleucus I Nicator of Syria.

* Antiochus III's army crosses the Hellespont into Thrace, where he claims sovereignty over territory that has been won by Seleucus I in 281 BC.

* Ptolemy VI Philometor, aged 6, rules as co-regent with his mother, Cleopatra I, who, although a daughter of a Seleucid king, does not take King Seleucus IV's side and remains on friendly terms with Rome.

* King Attalus I Soter of Pergamum defeats Antiochus Hierax ( brother of the Seleucid king Seleucus II ) in three battles and thereby gains control over all the Seleucid domains in Anatolia except Cilicia in the southeast.

* Antiochus ( father of Seleucus I Nicator ) ( born 4th-century BC ), father of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Hellenstic Seleucid Empire

* Seleucus I Nicator expands his kingdom throughout Persia as far east as India, but his advance is eventually halted by Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Maurya dynasty of India.

* With Antigonus and Demetrius now each assuming the title of king, Ptolemy, as well as Cassander, Lysimachus and Seleucus I Nicator, respond by doing the same.

* Seleucus I Nicator, King of Syria and Iran and founder of the Seleucid dynasty ( b. c. 354 BC )

4th century BC ), mother of Seleucus I Nicator

358 – 281 BC ), daughter of Seleucus I Nicator and Apama

* Achaeus ( son of Seleucus I Nicator ), son of Seleucus I Nicator and brother of Antiochus I Soter

In the spring of 310, he was soundly defeated when he tried to expel Seleucus I Nicator from Babylon ; his father was defeated in the autumn.

Seleucus I ( given the surname by later generations of Nicator, Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, i. e. Seleucus the Victor ) ( ca.

In the year 305 BC, Seleucus I Nicator went to India and apparently occupied territory as far as the Indus, and eventually waged war with the Maurya Emperor Chandragupta Maurya:

Seleucus, a Macedonian officer during Alexander's campaign, declared himself ruler of his own Seleucid Empire, encompassing Persia and Afghanistan.

After Alexander's untimely death in 323 BC, his Diadochi ( generals ) divided the empire among themselves, with the Macedonian warlord Seleucus setting up the Seleucid Kingdom, which included the Indus plain.

It is generally thought that Chandragupta married Seleucus's daughter, or a Macedonian princess, a gift from Seleucus to formalize an alliance.

Seleucus was an officer of Alexander the Great, commander of the élite infantry corps in the Macedonian army, the " Shield-bearers " ( Hypaspistai ), later known as the " Silvershields ".

In the mean time, Perseus builds up the Macedonian army and puts out feelers for creating an alliance with the Greek leagues, with his northern barbarian neighbours, and also with the Seleucid king Seleucus IV.

Thus Antipater and the Macedonian generals Antigonus, Lysimachus of Thrace, Craterus, Seleucus, and Ptolemy unite in opposing the claims of Perdiccas.

* Antigonus, the ruler of the Asian parts of the late Alexander the Great's empire, faces a coalition consisting of Cassander, the Macedonian regent ; Lysimachus, the satrap of Thrace ; and Ptolemy, the satrap of Egypt, who has taken the side of the ousted satrap of Babylon, Seleucus.

* The Macedonian King, Demetrius Poliorcetes, faces a combined attack from Lysimachus and Phyrrhus, king of Epirus, after Seleucus, Ptolemy and Lysimachus form a coalition to block plans by Demetrius to invade Asia Minor.

After Alexander's death, when the other senior Macedonian officers unloaded their " Susa wives " en masse, Seleucus was one of the very few who kept his, and Apama remained his consort and later Queen for the rest of her life.

Seleucus, being Macedonian, had the ability to gain the trust of the Macedonians among his troops, which was not the case with Eumenes.

Seleucus, like the other four principal Macedonian chiefs, assumed the title and style of basileus ( king ).

Seleucus VII Philometor, was a ruler of the Macedonian Seleucid kingdom.

Thus, Antiochus was a direct descendant of Seleucus I Nicator of the Seleucid Empire, Ptolemy I Soter of Egypt, Antigonus I Monophthalmus of Macedonia, Lysimachus of Thrace and the Macedonian regent, Antipater.

Chandragupta's achievements, which ranged from conquering Macedonian satrapies in the northwest and conquering the Nanda Empire by the time he was only about 20 years old, to achieving an alliance with Seleucus I Nicator and establishing centralized rule throughout the Indian Subcontinent, remain some of the most celebrated in the history of India.

Seleucus I Nicator, a Macedonian satrap of Alexander, reconquered most of Alexander's former empire and put under his own authority the eastern territories as far as Bactria and the Indus ( Appian, History of Rome, The Syrian Wars 55 ), until in 305 BCE he entered into conflict with Chandragupta:

There, he married Ptolemy I's stepdaughter Antigone ( a daughter of Berenice I of Egypt from her first husband Philip, Ptolemy I's wife and a Macedonian noble ) and restored his kingdom in Epirus in 297 BC with financial and military aid from Ptolemy I. Pyrrhus had his co-ruler Neoptolemus II of Epirus, puppet of the now-deceased Seleucus, murdered.

Seleucus I Nicator, the Macedonian satrap of the Asian portion of Alexander's former empire, conquered and put under his own authority eastern territories as far as Bactria and the Indus ( Appian, History of Rome, The Syrian Wars 55 ), until in 305 BCE he entered in a confrontation with Chandragupta:

It is generally thought that Chandragupta married Seleucus's daughter, or a Greek Macedonian princess, a gift from Seleucus to formalize an alliance.

Seleucus I Nicator, the first Macedonian king of Syria, was said to have received from Apollo an anchor-shaped birthmark on his thigh, which was also borne by his descendants.

) Macedonian general and writer under Seleucus and Antiochus

Moreover the coinage of Ancient Macedonian and Hellenistic rulers is represented ( Philip II, Alexander III the Great, Cassandros, Demetrios Poliorketes, Lysimachos, Seleucus I, etc .).

Here she in vain incited her nephew Seleucus II Callinicus ( 246 – 225 BC ) to avenge the insult offered her by declaring war against the Macedonian king.