Seleucia

Proper noun

Meaning

(historical) Any of several cities in the ancient Western Asia, including:
Seleucia-on-Tigris or Seleucia on the Tigris, the capital of the Seleucid Empire.

Seleucia Pieria, the port of Antioch.

The Seleucia located in Sittacene near the Seleucia-on-Tigris; also known as Kokhe, Mahoza, Veh-Ardashir, or Bahurasir

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

Aydin Seleucia-on-Tigris Silifke Seleucia on the Tigris Seleucia Pieria Veh-Ardashir Mahoza Kokhe Bahurasir

Related terms

seleucid Seleucia-on-Tigris Seleucia on the Tigris Seleucia Pieria Seleucia ad Calycadnum Seleucia Cilicia

Phrases with the word

Seleucia Pieria Seleucia ad Calycadnum Seleucia Cilicia Seleucia in Cilicia Seleucia in Isauria Seleucia Isauria

Examples

HA Verus 8.3–4; Birley, "Hadrian to the Antonines", 163. Birley cites R.H. McDowell, Coins from Seleucia on the Tigris (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1935), 124ff., on the date. Source: Internet

Invernizzi, "Ten Years Research in the al-Madain Area, Seleucia and Ctesiphon," Sumer, 32, (1976), 167–175. Source: Internet

I, pp. 1–88, 1966 G. Gullini and A. Invernizzi, Second Preliminary Report of Excavations at Seleucia and Ctesiphon. Source: Internet

Season 1965, Mesopotamia, vol. 2, 1967 G. Gullini and A. Invernizzi, Third Preliminary Report of Excavations at Seleucia and Ctesiphon. Source: Internet

However, a great accomplishment of the expedition was the discovery of high-quality Roman mosaics from villas and baths in Antioch, Daphne and Seleucia. Source: Internet

Seleucia Pieria, which was already fighting a losing battle against continual silting, never recovered. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

selepressin Seles seletracetam Seleucia ad Calycadnum Seleucia Cilicia Seleucia in Cilicia