The Seleucid Empire (/ sɪˈljuːsɪd / sih-LEW-sid[9]) was a Greek state [10] in West Asia during the Hellenistic period. It was founded by the Macedonian general Seleucus I Nicator in 312 BC, following the division of Alexander the Great ‘s Empire, [11] and was ruled by the Seleucid dynasty [12] from Seleucia and later Antioch until its annexation by the Roman Republic under Pompey in 63 BC …
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