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 may also refer to:

  • Abila (Decapolis) (formerly Seleucia), also known as Abila, in the Decapolis at a site near modern Irbid, Jordan
  • 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.
  • Babylon, the greatest city in Babylonia who renamed into Seleucia according to Stephanus Byzantius.