Third War of the Diadochi Fourth War of the Diadochi Seleucid–Mauryan war Galatian invasions Syrian Wars Anabasis of Antiochus III Seleucid–Parthian wars Roman–Seleucid War Maccabean Revolt Parthian War Seleucid Dynastic Wars
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Notable commanders
Seleucus I Nicator Antiochus I Soter Molon Antiochus III the Great Bacchides Diodotus Tryphon
Military unit
The Seleucid army was the army of the Seleucid Empire, one of the numerous Hellenistic states that emerged after the death of Alexander the Great.
As with the other major Hellenistic armies, the Seleucid army fought primarily in the Greco-Macedonian style, with its main body being the phalanx. The phalanx was a large, dense formation of men armed with small shields and a long pike called the sarissa. This form of fighting had been developed by the Macedonian army in the reign of Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great. Alongside the phalanx, the Seleucid armies used a great deal of native and mercenary troops to supplement their Greek forces, which were limited due to the distance from the Seleucid rulers' Macedonian homeland.
The Seleucidarmy was the army of the Seleucid Empire, one of the numerous Hellenistic states that emerged after the death of Alexander the Great. As with...
The Seleucid Empire (/sɪˈljuːsɪd/; Ancient Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Σελευκιδῶν, romanized: Basileía tōn Seleukidōn, lit. 'Kingdom of the Seleucids') was a...
The Seleucid dynasty or the Seleucidae (/sɪˈluːsɪˌdiː/; Greek: Σελευκίδαι, Seleukídai, "descendants of Seleucus") was a Macedonian Greek royal family,...
were recruited from the Medes and their neighbors. The agema in the Seleucidarmy was also elite corps of cavalry that would escort the king into battle...
מרד החשמונאים) was a Jewish rebellion led by the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire and against Hellenistic influence on Jewish life. The main phase...
Cynoscephalae in 197 BC, who fielded an army of 25,500 men. The eastern kingdoms of the Ptolemaic, Seleucid, Graeco-Bactrian and Indo Greek kingdoms...
the Seleucid Empire was ruled by Antiochus III the Great. In 217 BC, both armies were on campaign through Syria. The Seleucid and Ptolemaic armies met...
son of the priest Mattathias. He led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167–160 BCE). The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah ("Dedication") commemorates...
advantage of their resulting superior tactical position. King Perseus asks the Seleucid King Antiochus IV to join forces with him against the danger that Rome...
brother Judas Maccabeus (יהודה המכבי Yehudah HaMakabi) had defeated the Seleucidarmy during the Maccabean Revolt of 167 to 141 BCE. According to 1 Maccabees...
the Hellenistic kingdoms were established throughout south-west Asia (Seleucid Empire, Kingdom of Pergamon), north-east Africa (Ptolemaic Kingdom) and...
Kingdom of Pergamon under Eumenes II against a Seleucidarmy of Antiochus III the Great. The two armies initially camped northeast of Magnesia ad Sipylum...
– November/December 164 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king who ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. He was a son of King Antiochus...
The Seleucid Dynastic Wars were a series of wars of succession that were fought between competing branches of the Seleucid royal household for control...
between Seleucid and Ptolemaic forces as part of the Fifth Syrian War. The Seleucids were led by Antiochus III the Great, while the Ptolemaic army was led...
Antigonus, later units of the Seleucid Empire and Roman Empire would be modeled after them. They were a division of the Macedonian army of Alexander the Great...
241 – 3 July 187 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king and the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 223 to 187 BC. He ruled over the region of Syria...
between the Maccabees led by Judas Maccabeus (Judah Maccabee) and a Seleucid Greek army led by Regent Lysias in October 164 BC at Beth Zur. According to...
city-states (poleis) of Ancient Greece. It was largely similar to other armies of the region – see Ancient Greek warfare. In the manner of neighboring...
legionaries. The thorakitai are mentioned in the army of the Achaean League and in the Seleucidarmy. The Seleucid thorakitai were used in the storming of the...
warriors who took control of Judea, which at the time was part of the Seleucid Empire. They founded the Hasmonean dynasty, which ruled from 167 to 37 BCE...
many years in Seleucid captivity, and his son, Antigonus II, only reclaimed the Macedonian throne around 276. Meanwhile, the Seleucid kingdom gave up...
Judas Maccabeus and a Seleucidarmy. Maccabeus gains the element of surprise and successfully routs the much larger Syrian army. The Battle of Emmaus...
under the leadership of Judas Maccabeus (Judah Maccabee) against an army of the Seleucid Empire, the Greek successor state (diadochi) to the Macedonian conquests...
Damascus to ask the Seleucid king, Demetrius I, for help. The Maccabees, led by Judas Maccabeus, and a Seleucidarmy, led by the Seleucid general Nicanor...
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