Definitions for "Seleucids"
Dynasty that ruled Syria and other lands after the breakup of Alexander's empire.
The kingdom founded in the borders of Syria, Iraq, Iran and South Eastern Asia Minor in the Hellenistic Period.
(se·LEU·cids. A Macedonian dynasty 312-64 BCE, founded by Seleucus I a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, that ruled much of southwestern Asia.