Seleucus (son of Antiochus I)
Seleukos ( Greek Σέλευκος ; † 267 BC ) was a co-regent of the Seleucid Empire in the 3rd century BC.
Seleucus was the eldest son of King Antiochus I and Stratonike I and was made co-ruler of the empire by his father since the beginning of his reign. In this capacity he appears in Babylonian cuneiform inscriptions from the 32nd to the 43rd year according to the Seleucid calendar (280-268 BC). He was also mentioned several times in Greek inscriptions as co-ruler of his father, most recently in January 267 BC. On a stele from Denizli .
Probably in the summer of 267 BC Seleucus was executed, probably after a failed plot against his father, whereupon his younger brother Antiochus II was appointed the new co-regent.
literature
- John D. Grainger: A Seleukid Prosopography and Gazetteer (1997), p. 66.
- Felix Staehelin : Seleukos 3). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II A, 1, Stuttgart 1921, Col. 1234 f.
Remarks
- ^ Wilhelm Dittenberger : Orientis Graeci inscriptiones selectae , Volume 1 (Leipzig 1903), No. 220, pp. 344-345 and No. 246, pp. 403-404; Michael Wörrle: Antiochus I, Achaios the Elder and the Galatians. A new inscription in Denizli , In: Chiron , Vol. 5 (1975), pp. 59-87.
- ^ Justin , Epitome des Pompeius Trogus , Historiae Philippicae Prologi 26; Johannes von Antiochia , Fragment 55 with Karl Müller : Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum (FHG), Vol. 4 (1851), p. 558; Johannes Malalas , p. 205 Bonn.
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| SURNAME | Seleucus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Co-ruler of the Seleucid Empire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 267 BC Chr. |