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<tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;" class="fn">Seleucus I Nicator</th></tr>
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[[File:Seleucus_I_Nicitor_-_commemorative_coin_by_his_son_King_Antiochus_I_-_A_-_Horns_on_his_Head.jpg|thumb|250px]]
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<tr><th>Born</th><td>c. 358 BC<br />[[Macedon]]</td></tr>
<tr><th>Died</th><td>September 281 BC<br />Near Lysimachia</td></tr>
<tr><th>Father</th><td>Antiochus (general under Philip II)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Mother</th><td>Laodice</td></tr>
<tr><th>Dynasty</th><td>Founder of the [[Seleucid Empire]]</td></tr>
<tr><th>Reign</th><td>305/304 BC – 281 BC</td></tr>
<tr><th>Successor</th><td>[[Antiochus I Soter]]</td></tr>
<tr><th>Known For</th><td>
Founder of the Seleucid Empire;<br />
One of Alexander the Great’s most trusted generals;<br />
Conqueror and restorer of Babylon;<br />
Victor at the Battle of Ipsus (301 BC);<br />
Posthumously deified by his son Antiochus I.
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'''Seleucus I Nicator''' (Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ | Séleukos Nikátōr | Seleucus the Victor), {{nowrap|c. 358 BC – September 281 BC}}; was at the first one of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander's]] most trusted generals who eventually won himself his own kingdom and [[dynasty]] now known as the [[Seleucid Empire]].
Generally included in the list of the [[Diadochi|successors]] because of his eventual supremacy, he is unlike his peers in that he did not receive a [[Satrap|satrapy]] under the regency of [[Perdiccas]] upon Alexander's death. Rather Seleucus received command of the elite cavalry unit known as [[The Champions]].
=Title=
Seleucus eventually assumed the title of [[Basileus]] which is usually translated into English as "king" after the defeat of Antigonus and established the [[Seleucid Empire]] over the bulk of the territory which Alexander had conquered in [[Asia]].
=Domains=
[[File:Kingdoms of the Successors of Alexander - Library of Congress Call Number 2013593022 - Weller, Edward, London, 1884 - 72ppi.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Map detailing the domains of the four kingdoms, London, pre 1884]]
=References=
<tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;" class="fn">Seleucus I Nicator</th></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em">
[[File:Seleucus_I_Nicitor_-_commemorative_coin_by_his_son_King_Antiochus_I_-_A_-_Horns_on_his_Head.jpg|thumb|250px]]
</td></tr>
<tr><th>Born</th><td>c. 358 BC<br />[[Macedon]]</td></tr>
<tr><th>Died</th><td>September 281 BC<br />Near Lysimachia</td></tr>
<tr><th>Father</th><td>Antiochus (general under Philip II)</td></tr>
<tr><th>Mother</th><td>Laodice</td></tr>
<tr><th>Dynasty</th><td>Founder of the [[Seleucid Empire]]</td></tr>
<tr><th>Reign</th><td>305/304 BC – 281 BC</td></tr>
<tr><th>Successor</th><td>[[Antiochus I Soter]]</td></tr>
<tr><th>Known For</th><td>
Founder of the Seleucid Empire;<br />
One of Alexander the Great’s most trusted generals;<br />
Conqueror and restorer of Babylon;<br />
Victor at the Battle of Ipsus (301 BC);<br />
Posthumously deified by his son Antiochus I.
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</table>
'''Seleucus I Nicator''' (Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ | Séleukos Nikátōr | Seleucus the Victor), {{nowrap|c. 358 BC – September 281 BC}}; was at the first one of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander's]] most trusted generals who eventually won himself his own kingdom and [[dynasty]] now known as the [[Seleucid Empire]].
Generally included in the list of the [[Diadochi|successors]] because of his eventual supremacy, he is unlike his peers in that he did not receive a [[Satrap|satrapy]] under the regency of [[Perdiccas]] upon Alexander's death. Rather Seleucus received command of the elite cavalry unit known as [[The Champions]].
=Title=
Seleucus eventually assumed the title of [[Basileus]] which is usually translated into English as "king" after the defeat of Antigonus and established the [[Seleucid Empire]] over the bulk of the territory which Alexander had conquered in [[Asia]].
=Domains=
[[File:Kingdoms of the Successors of Alexander - Library of Congress Call Number 2013593022 - Weller, Edward, London, 1884 - 72ppi.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Map detailing the domains of the four kingdoms, London, pre 1884]]
=References=