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Also Known As Seleukos Nikator
Born c.358 BCE • Carchemish • Syria
Died c.August 281 BCE or c.September 281 BCE • Thrace • Greece
Title / Office king (305BC-281BC), Seleucid Empire
Founder Antioch
Role In Battle of Ipsos • Battle of the Hydaspes

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