- the free dictionary.
Seleucia on the
Tigris (‹See Tfd›Gr****: Σελεύκεια,
Seleúkeia, lit. "place of Seleucus") was the
first capital of the
Seleucid Empire...
-
Mesopotamian capital Seleukeia west of the
river Tigris, some 12
miles (19 km)
southwest of Opis. The ****enistic city of
Seleukeia rapidly eclipsed older...
- in the 1920s by archaeologists.
Seleucia (‹See Tfd›Gr****: Σελεύκεια,
Seleúkeia) is
named for
Seleucus I Nicator, who
enlarged an
earlier settlement and...
- Barbarossa, who
actually drowned on 10 June 1190 in the
Calycadnus River near
Seleukeia in Asia
Minor during the
Third Crusade, is not in fact dead, but sleeps...
- Dekapoleos), and also
known for a time as
Seleucia (‹See Tfd›Gr****: Σελεύκεια,
Seleúkeia), and
Abila Viniferos ( by Eusebios, by
Hieronymus Abela Vini fertilis)...
-
Seleucia at the
Zeugma (Gr****: Σελεύκεια ἐπὶ τοῦ Ζεύγματος,
transliterated Seleukeia epi tou Zeugmatos) was a ****enistic
fortified town in the
present Republic...
- Lyra is ****ually ****aulted by some
soldiers as she
takes a
train to
Seleukeia. On arrival, she
hires a guide,
Abdel Ionides, to take her
through the...
- The
Theme of
Seleucia (Gr****: θέμα Σελευκείας,
thema Seleukeias) was a
Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) in the
southern coast of Asia Minor...
-
Seleucia on the
Pyramus (classical Gr****: Σελεύκεια πρὸς τὸν Πύραμον,
Seleukeia pros ton Pyramon; Latin:
Seleucia ad Pyramum), but gave it up at the time...
- (generals and
military governors) of the
themes of Anatolikon,
Cappadocia and
Seleukeia, respectively.
These appointments heralded a
period of over
twenty years...
