Explore Seleucids through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Seleucids meaning
plural of Seleucid
Using Seleucids
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Seleucid
- In the example corpus, seleucids often appears in combinations such as: the seleucids.
Context around Seleucids
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Seleucids
- In this selection, "seleucids" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, broke, adopted and recognize stand out and add context to how "seleucids" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bc the seleucids had completely and of the seleucids. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "seleucids" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with seleucids
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Seleucids recognize Jewish autonomy. (5 words)
The Seleucids reigned from Antioch. (5 words)
Excuses were sought, or invented: the official version had it that the Seleucids broke faith first. (16 words)
In the wars in Anatolia between Mithridates VI of Pontus and Sulla of Rome, the Seleucids were largely left alone by both major combatants. (24 words)
The Seleucids adopted a pro-western stance that alienated both the powerful eastern satraps and the Greeks who had migrated to the east. (23 words)
An overextended domain Nevertheless, even before Seleucus' death, it was difficult to assert control over the vast eastern domains of the Seleucids. (22 words)
Example sentences (8)
An overextended domain Nevertheless, even before Seleucus' death, it was difficult to assert control over the vast eastern domains of the Seleucids.
Excuses were sought, or invented: the official version had it that the Seleucids broke faith first.
However, when the Ptolemaic army was defeated at Panium by Antiochus III of the Seleucids in 198 BCE, this policy changed.
In the wars in Anatolia between Mithridates VI of Pontus and Sulla of Rome, the Seleucids were largely left alone by both major combatants.
The Parthians gradually expanded their control, until by the mid-2nd century BC, the Seleucids had completely lost control of Persia.
The Seleucids adopted a pro-western stance that alienated both the powerful eastern satraps and the Greeks who had migrated to the east.
The Seleucids recognize Jewish autonomy.
The Seleucids reigned from Antioch.
Common combinations with seleucids
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: