Seleucia (disambiguation)

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Seleucia (Greek: Σελεύκεια) was the first capital of the Seleucid Empire, and one of the great cities of antiquity standing in Mesopotamia, on the Tigris River.

Seleucia may refer to:

• Seleucia (Pamphylia), now at Bucakşeyhler, Antalya Province, Turkey
• Seleucia (Sittacene), across the Tigris from the foremost Seleucia
• Seleucia (Susiana), formerly Soloke, Sele, Sodome, and Surak, now at Ja Nishin, Iran
• Seleucia above Zeugma, on the Euphrates above Zeugma, probably near modern Sırataşlar, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey
• Seleucia ad Belum, later Seleucopolis, on the Orontes, Syria
• Seleucia Pieria, the port city for Antioch, at the mouth of the Orontes, in Syria
• Seleucia Samulias, on Lake Merom (now drained), in Israel
• Seleucia Sidera, in Pisidia, now at Selef, Isparta Province, Turkey

Seleucia may also refer to:

• Abila (Decapolis) (formerly Seleucia), also known as Abila, in the Decapolis at a site near modern Irbid, Jordan
• Aydın (formerly Seleucia ad Maeandrum), also known anciently as Seleucia-in-Caria, formerly called Tralles; currently Aydın, Aydın Province, Turkey
• Mopsuestia (formerly Seleucia ad Pyramum), or Mopsuestia, now in Adana Province, Turkey
• Silifke, also known as Seleucia-in-Cilicia, Seleucia-on-the-Calycadnus, Seleucia-in-Isauria or Seleucia-of-Isauria, Seleucia Trachea or Seleucia Tracheotis, now Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey
• Susa (formerly Seleucia ad Eulaeum), now in southwestern Iran
• Umm Qais (formerly Seleucia), in Jordan
• Zeugma (city) (formerly Seleucia-on-the-Euphrates), now in Gaziantep Province, Turkey
• Gaza, one of the most famous cities -ports in history.

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