|
Seleucus I Nicator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (710 words) |
 | When the Macedonian empire was divided in 323 BC (the "Partition of Babylon"), Seleucus was given the office of chiliarch, which attached him closely to the regent Perdiccas. |
 | At the second partition, at Triparadisus (321 BC), Seleucus was given the government of the Babylonian satrapy. |
 | Over the course of nine years (311-302 BC), while Antigonus was occupied in the west, Seleucus brought the whole eastern part of Alexander's empire as far as the Jaxartes and Indus Rivers under his authority. |
| 3rd century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (255 words) |
 | Mencius, Chinese philosopher and sage (371 - 289 BC). |
 | Ptolemy II Philadelphos (284 BC-246 BC) and his wives Arsinoe I and Arsinoe II Philadelphos. |
 | Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204 BC-180 BC) and his wife Cleopatra I. |