Seleucid
noun
a member of a Macedonian dynasty, 312–64 b.c., that ruled an empire that included much of Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Bactria, and Babylonia.
Seleucidae
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pluralof Seleucid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Judas is there made to write to Egypt in the year of the Seleucidae 188, though he died thirty-six years before, i.e.,
From The Canon of the Bible by Samuel Davidson
Pompey, after seven years' continued successes, returned to Italy to claim his triumph, having subdued the East, and added the old monarchy of the Seleucidae to the dominion of Rome, B.C.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord
But the generation which witnessed the official deification of the various Seleucidae and Ptolemies seemed suddenly to see light.
From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Gilbert Murray
The ancient city fell into decay under the empire of the Seleucidae.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
It is uncertain whether policy or inclination dictated the step which Phraates soon afterwards took of allaying himself by marriage with the Seleucidae.
