Seleucus (Greek: Seleukos), name of seven kings of the Seleucid empire. Four of them ruled over Iran: Seleucus I Nicator…

SELEUCID EMPIRE, founded in 312/311 BCE by Seleucus I Nicator (Figure 1), formerly a general in the army of Alexander the…

SELEUCID ERA, the first system of continuous year numbering, introduced in the Middle East by the Seleucids, and the direct…