Seleucid Empire

English Proper noun Seleucid Empire en 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). en 1976 Abraham Malamat A History of the Jewish People https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2kSovzudhFUC&pg=PA217&dq=%22Seleucid+Empire%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvmZK2hInjAhXYTX0KHeU1Bz8Q6AEIyQEwHw#v=onepage&q=%22Seleucid%20Empire%22&f=false 217 w:Harvard University Press 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. en 2008 Monte L. Pearson Perils of Empire: The Roman Republic and the American Republic Algora Publishing https://books.google.com.au/books?id=IAYrdXTL6PQC&pg=PA110&dq=%22Seleucid+Empire%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvmZK2hInjAhXYTX0KHeU1Bz8Q6AEIkQIwLA#v=onepage&q=%22Seleucid%20Empire%22&f=false 110 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. 2012, Robert Johns, The Visions of Daniel the Hebrew Prophet, Thomas Nelson (publisher) Thomas Nelson (WestBow Press), page 63, Rome terminated the tiny, impotent remnant of the Seleucid Empire in 64 BCE. Usage notes Contemporary Greek-language sources variously described the entity as an empire or a kingdom (grc βασιλεία). Babylonian sources described the rulers as kings. (See Seleucid Empire#Name) Translations Greek-Macedonian empire formed from the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great Estonian: et Seleukiidide riik Finnish: fi Seleukidien valtakunta German: de Seleukidenreich n Italian: it impero seleucide m Spanish: es Imperio seléucida Further reading Diadochi 1 Hellenistic period List of Seleucid rulers