After Alexander

17- Founder of Cities

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Even among the successors, Seleucus has a reputation as a prolific city-builder; in all, he founded approximately 31 cities, including sites such as modern day Antioch and Laodicea, both situated in the Levant. While some of these places started out as attempts to swell the ranks of his armies, they would end up becoming heartlands of his empire...


Sources for this episode:

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  • The Editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica (2019) Seleucid empire (online) [Accessed 11/02/2021].
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  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown) Apamea, Syria (online) [Accessed 11/02/2021].
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Greeks in Syria (online) [Accessed 11/02/2021].
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Laodicea in Syria (online) [Accessed 11/02/2021].
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia(date unknown), Seleucia Pieria (online) [Accessed 11/02/2021].
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Seleucid army (online) [Accessed 11/02/2021].
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Seleucid empire (online) [Accessed 11/02/2021].
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