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<tr><th>Known For</th><td>
<tr><th>Known For</th><td>
Founder of the Seleucid Empire;<br />
Founder of the Seleucid Empire;<br />
One of Alexander the Great’s most trusted generals;<br />
One of Alexander the Great's most trusted generals;<br />
Conqueror and restorer of Babylon;<br />
Conqueror and restorer of Babylon;<br />
Victor at the Battle of Ipsus (301 BC);<br />
Victor at the Battle of Ipsus (301 BC);<br />
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'''Seleucus I Nicator''', also '''Seleucus I Nikator''' (Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ | Séleukos Nikátōr) and rareley '''Nicanor'''<ref>[[Jerome]], [[Jerome]], ''Commentary on Daniel'', trans. Gleason L. Archer (1958), Internet Archive, p.118., https://archive.org/details/20200508-commentary-on-daniel/page/120/mode/2up, retrieved 2026-10-04</ref>, translates to '''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]].
'''Seleucus I Nicator''', also '''Seleucus I Nikator''' (Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ | Séleukos Nikátōr) and rareley '''Nicanor''',<ref>[[Jerome]], [[Jerome]], ''Commentary on Daniel'', trans. Gleason L. Archer (1958), Internet Archive, p.118., https://archive.org/details/20200508-commentary-on-daniel/page/120/mode/2up, retrieved 2026-10-04</ref> translates to '''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]].
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]]y under the regency of [[Perdiccas]] upon Alexander's death. Rather Seleucus received command of the elite cavalry unit known as [[The Champions]].
=Title=
=Title=
After the battle of Ipsus in {{nowrap|301 BC}}, after the defeat of [[Antigonus I]] Seleucus was declared "the Victor", from which his [[Agnomen|agnomen]] of "Nicator / Nikator / Victor" remains to this day.
After the battle of Ipsus in {{nowrap|301 BC}}, after the defeat of [[Antigonus I]] Seleucus was declared "the Victor", from which his [[agnomen]] of "Nicator / Nikator / Victor" remains to this day.
Shortly after Seleucus assumed the title of king (Greek: βασιλεύς | basileus) and established the [[Seleucid Empire]] over the bulk of the territory which Alexander had conquered in [[Asia]].
Shortly after Seleucus assumed the title of king (Greek: βασιλεύς | basileus) and established the [[Seleucid Empire]] over the bulk of the territory which Alexander had conquered in [[Asia]].
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