Seleucus I Nicator was a Macedonian Greek general, officer and successor of Alexander the Great who founded the eponymous Seleucid Empire of the Seleucid Dynasty. Initially a secondary player in the power struggles following Alexander's death, Seleucus rose to become the total ruler of Asia Minor, Syria, Mesopotamia, and the Iranian plateau, assuming the title of basileus (king). The Seleucid Empire was one of the major powers of the Hellenistic world, until it was overcome by the Roman Republic and Parthian Empire in the late second and early first centuries BC.
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- Seleucid ruler
- Citizenship
- Macedonia, Seleucid Empire
- Born
