Seleucid Empire

Seleucid Empire

Hellenic Empire (321-83 BC, 69-63 BC)

Location: Iran, Mesopotamia, Levant, Anatolia, Central Asia, South Asia

Capital City: Seleucia (321-240 BC), Antioch (240-83 BC, 69-63 BC)

Government type: Monarchy

Main languages: Greek, Persian, Aramaic

Main religions: Greek Polytheism, Zoroastrianism, Mesopotamian Polytheism, Judaism

Chronology

321 BC: Established by Seleucus Nicator from the division of the Macedonian Empire

192-188 BC: Seleucid-Roman War

157-145 BC: Civil War of Alexander Balas

145-138 BC: Civil War of Antiochos VI and Tryphon

141 BC: Reduced to Syria by the Parthians

128-123 BC: Civil War of Alexander Zabinas

114-75 BC: Civil War of Gryphus and Cyzicenus

157-145 BC: Civil War of Alexander Balas

83 BC: Conquered by Armenia

69 BC: Independence restored by Antiochos XIII

63 BC: Deposed by Roman general Pompey, Seleucid realm becomes the Roman province of Syria

Currency

Drachm (321-63 BC)

1 Drachm = 6 Obols = 24 Tetartemorion = 48 Chalkon

Coins from the Seleucid Empire in the collection

•2 Chalkon, King Antiochos II (261-246 BC) (bronze, Sardis mint, GCV#6891)