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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Other states broke off from the Syrian realm of the Seleucidae.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
Nominally the Seleucidae still continued to possess the suzerainty.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
I suppose Alroy to have entered one of the deserted capitals of the Seleucidae.
From Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
After the conquests of Alexander the Great Sogdiana formed part of the empire of the Seleucidae, and shared the fortunes of the rather better-known Bactria.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
The two houses of the Seleucidae and Arsacidae were thus already allied to some extent.
