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
Therefore the Arabs designate the whole complex of towns which lay together around Seleucia and Ctesiphon and formed the residence of the Sassanids by the name Madāin, “the cities,”—their number is often given as seven.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
Two hours and a half ride from Antioch, through a country that is a perfect paradise upon earth, but over the most execrable and detestable: road, brought me to the ancient Seleucia.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
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
Seleucia on the Tigris is spoken of by Tacitus as being in A.D.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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