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 )

* Seleucus I Nicator, Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and founder of the Seleucid dynasty of Egypt ( d. 281 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:

Clement of Alexandria, in his Paedagogus ( The Pedagogue ) 3. 59. 2-3. 60, writes that Christians may wear a seal ring for the sealing of documents, and he specifies permissible depictions: " And let our seals be either a dove, or a fish, or a ship scudding before the wind, or a musical lyre, which Polycrates used, or a ship's anchor, which Seleucus got engraved as a device ; and if there be one fishing, he will remember the apostle, and the children drawn out of the water.

* In order to secure the Bactrian King Diodotus ' friendship, Seleucus II Callinicus arranges the marriage of one of his sisters to King Diodotus.

However, he falls into a trap near Lysimachia, Thrace, set by Ptolemy Keraunos, one of the sons of Ptolemy I and Arsinoe II's half brother, who murders Seleucus and takes Macedonia for himself.

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.

It is not certain how Seleucus took Babylon from Docimus, but according to one Babylonian chronicle an important building was destroyed in the city during the summer or winter of 320 BC.

Just like Peithon and Seleucus, Eumenes was one of the former supporters of Perdiccas.

Seleucus punished one of Antigonus ' officers without asking permission from Antigonus.

We do know that Seleucus managed to defeat Antigonus in at least one decisive battle.

:" Soon after, relieved by the death of Theodotus uses a erroneous version of the name, Arsaces made peace and concluded an alliance with his son, also by the name of Theodotus ; some time later he fought against Seleucus who came to punish the rebels, and he prevailed: the Parthians celebrated this day as the one that marked the beginning of their freedom " ( Justin, XLI, 4 )

Cleopatra and Antiochus VII had several children: Antiochus IX Cyzicenus and likely Antiochus, Seleucus and one or two daughters named Laodice.

Now she herself took power and soon also killed her oldest surviving son Seleucus V. Two different motives are given as reason for this deed: According to one version he had attempted to claim the throne without her agreement, according to the other version she was afraid that he might avenge the assassination of his father.

* Seleucus, one of the sons of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra Thea

Seleucus in his old age had lately married Stratonice, the young and beautiful daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes, and she had already borne him one child.

Military might in those times depended not only upon horses and men but also battle-elephants ; these played a role in the defeat of Seleucus, one of Alexander's former generals.

Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid dynasty and one of Alexander's former generals, invaded what is now Punjab in northern India and Pakistan ) in 305 BCE.

Strabo lists Seleucus as one of the four most influential " Chaldean " astronomers:

The opposite party, however, headed by Leonidas II, Agis ' Agiad co-monarch, who had formed his habits at the luxurious court of Seleucus II Callinicus, got the senate to reject the measure, though only by one vote.

The ancient city of Zeugma was originally founded as a Greek settlement by Seleucus I Nicator, one of the generals of Alexander the Great, in 300 BC.

Notwithstanding the disparity of their ages, she appears to have lived in perfect harmony with the old king for some years, and had already borne him one child, a daughter called Phila, when it was discovered that her stepson Antiochus was deeply enamoured of her, and Seleucus, in order to save the life of his son, which was endangered by the violence of his passion, in 294 BC gave up Stratonice in marriage to the young prince, whom he at the same time constituted king of the eastern provinces.