During the reigns of Seleucus I (312–281 bce) and Antiochus I Soter (281–261) the Parni (Aparni) nomads probably moved from Central Asia into Parthia and seem to have adopted the speech of the Parthians and been absorbed into the settled population. Parthian empireThe Parthian empire in...
It was joined to Hyrcania (present Gorgān, Iran) in the time of Alexander the Great, and the two remained together as a province of the Seleucid kingdom. During the reigns of Seleucus I (312–281 bce) and Antiochus I Soter (281–261) the Parni (Aparni) nomads probably moved from ...
Ptolemy VI Philometor was a Macedonian king of Egypt under whom an attempted invasion of Coele Syria resulted in the occupation of Egypt by the Seleucids. After Roman intervention and several ventures of joint rule with his brother, however, Ptolemy was
Antioch was founded in 300bcebySeleucus I Nicator, a former general ofAlexander the Great. The new city soon became the western terminus of thecaravanroutes over which goods were brought from Persia and elsewhere inAsiato the Mediterranean. Antioch’s strategic command of north-south and east-we...