Seleucia
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an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
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an ancient city in Asia Minor, near the mouth of the Orontes River: the port of Antioch.
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an ancient city in Mesopotamia, on the River Tigris: founded by Seleucus Nicator in 312 bc ; became the chief city of the Seleucid empire; sacked by the Romans around 162 ad
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Official name: Seleucia Tracheotis, Seleucia Trachea. an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)
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Official name: Seleucia Pieria. an ancient port in Syria, on the River Orontes: the port of Antioch, of military importance during the wars between the Ptolemies and Seleucids; largely destroyed by earthquake in 526; site of present-day Samanda? (Turkey)
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Most Rev. Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani, 58, titular archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria, secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of Faith.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 359 a double council was held, the western bishops meeting at Ariminum, the eastern at Seleucia.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
Severus relieved the beleaguered town and pressed on into the enemy’s territory, where he sacked the two Parthian capitals, Seleucia and Ctesiphon, in 198 A. D.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
The primacy of the Church had from an early period belonged to the See of Seleucia in Babylonia.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Cardinal Newman
He had slept face to face with the severed head that spoke to him, he had listened to the enigmatical words of the dzhin of Seleucia, and he called them to mind again now.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai
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