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The Seleucid Empire is founded Timeline Game

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The Seleucid Empire is founded in 312 BC, marking the beginning of a significant era in ancient history.

  • Key detail 1: Players will learn about the key events and rulers of the Seleucid Empire
  • Key detail 2: The game challenges players to place these events in their correct chronological order
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  • 312 BC: Seleucid Empire founded by Seleucus I Nicator
  • 301 BC: Seleucus I defeats Antigonus I at the Battle of Ipsus
  • 305 BC: Seleucus I establishes Seleucia on the Tigris as new capital
  • 281 BC: Seleucus I assassinated by Ptolemy Keraunos
  • 281 BC: Antiochus I Soter becomes king of Seleucid Empire
  • 275 BC: Antiochus I defeats Galatians in Asia Minor
  • 270 BC: Seleucid Empire expands into Bactria and India under Antiochus I
  • 240 BC: Seleucid Empire suffers territorial losses to Ptolemaic Egypt
  • 239 BC: Seleucid Empire defeats the Galatians and regains territory in Asia Minor
  • 223 BC: Antiochus III the Great becomes king of Seleucid Empire
  • 200 BC: Antiochus III defeats Ptolemaic Egypt at the Battle of Panium
  • 190 BC: Seleucid Empire loses territory to the Roman Republic in the Battle of Magnesia
  • 191 BC: Seleucid Empire defeated by the Roman Republic at the Battle of Thermopylae
  • 188 BC: Seleucid Empire forced to cede territory to the Roman Republic in the Treaty of Apamea
  • 150 BC: Seleucid Empire faces internal unrest and revolts
  • 129 BC: Seleucid Empire loses territory to the Parthian Empire
  • 167 BC: Seleucid Empire defeated by the Maccabean Revolt in Judea
  • 100 BC: Seleucid Empire weakened by continuous wars and revolts
  • 64 BC: Seleucid Empire officially dissolved after the fall of Antioch to the Romans

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