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

Silver coin of Seleucus I Nicator, who fought Chandragupta Maurya, and later made an alliance with him.

Seleucus I coin depicting Bucephalos.

Silver coin of Seleucus I Nicator, who fought Chandragupta Maurya, and later made an alliance with him.

About 385-380 BC the philhellene Evagoras of Salamis was similarly opposed by Amathus, in conjunction with Citium and Soli ; and even after Alexander the city resisted annexation, and was bound over to give hostages to Seleucus.

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 ".

After the death of Alexander, Seleucus was nominated as the satrap of Babylon in 320 BCE.

* 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.

* Agathocles ' widow Lysandra flees with their children and with Alexander, Agathocles ' brother, to the court of Seleucus, who at once invades Lysimachus ' territory in Asia Minor.

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

After the death of Alexander, Seleucus was nominated as the satrap of Babylon in 320 BC.

Eusebius of Caesarea, however, mentions the age of 75, and thus the year 356 BC, making Seleucus the same age as Alexander the Great.

This is most likely propaganda on Seleucus ' part to make him seem comparable to Alexander.

A number of legends, similar to those told of Alexander the Great, were told of Seleucus.

Most likely the story is merely propaganda by Seleucus, who presumably invented the story to present himself as the natural successor of Alexander.

In spring 334 BC, as a young man of about twenty-three, Seleucus accompanied Alexander into Asia.

It is said that when Alexander crossed the Hydaspes river on a boat, he was accompanied by Perdiccas, Ptolemy I Soter, Lysimachus and also Seleucus.

Seleucus is mentioned three times in ancient sources before the death of Alexander.

Antigonus, who had been in Asia Minor while Seleucus had been in the east with Alexander, could not use Alexander in his own propaganda.

Alexander ' the Great ' of Macedon took these away from the Arians and established settlements of his own, but Seleucus Nicator gave them to Sandrocottus, upon terms of intermarriage and of receiving in exchange five hundred elephants.

The Hellenistic world view after Seleucus: ancient world map of Eratosthenes ( 276 – 194 BC ), incorporating information from the campaigns of Alexander and his successors.

After the death of Alexander on June 11, 323 BCE, the city was contested by his successors: Perdiccas, Antigonus Monophthalmus, and Eumenes visited the city, but eventually it became part of the realm of Seleucus I Nicator, of the Seleucid Empire, and capital of a province called Osrhoene ( the Greek rendering of the old name Urhai ).

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:

After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, Northern Syria fell under the control of Seleucus I Nicator.

After coming closer than anyone to reuniting the empire of Alexander, Antigonus Monophthalmus was defeated and killed in the great battle of Ipsus in 301 BC and the territory he formerly controlled was divided among his enemies, Cassander, Ptolemy, Lysimachus, and Seleucus.

This dates from the epoch 312 BC, August of that year being when Seleucus I Nicator captured Babylon and began his reign over the Asian portions of Alexander the Great's empire.