Meaning of Seleucid Empire | Babel Free

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A Greek-Macedonian empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great and ruled by the Seleucid dynasty (312–63 BCE).

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“The protracted dynastic struggles completely exhausted the military and financial power of the remnants of the Seleucid Empire and left Syria powerless against the dangers that threatened it from outside and the ferment that weakened it internally.”

“Based in Syria, Mesopotamia, and Persia, the Seleucid Empire was one of the largest and most powerful Hellenistic kingdoms created after the death of Alexander the Great.”

“2012, Robert Johns, The Visions of Daniel the Hebrew Prophet, Thomas Nelson (WestBow Press), page 63, Rome terminated the tiny, impotent remnant of the Seleucid Empire in 64 BCE.”

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