The diadochi are overshadowed by Rome, I could kiss you for making this video.

The music you play in the background, sets the perfect mood.

I recommend the helenistic age podcast for more on this period of history

Nice to see coverage of the Seleucid Empire

Thank you KZfaq for recommending me this videp, I love the Seleucids

This channel is awesome

I have bought a high end android tv, and this was the first video I watched on it. It was so good I had to come and subscribe on my phone

Sweet, finished a book on Phillip and Alexander a few months ago. About time I pick up where I left off

This is so awesome. Loving the history lesson. Keep it up my friend.

I just found your channel. Excellent history portrayal! Looks like I have a few videos to catch up on. Thank you!

Great channel!

Love this style of video, Amazing that u could condense the creatipn of the seleucid empire into one Video❤

Based on some sources Seleucus was born with an Anchor birthmark.

Really interesting and well narrated. 👍

You should make playlists for each series you produce

Its kinda ironic that Seleukos got killed by a power hungry man like Keranos if its true that he took part in killing his best friend Perdikkas to get Babylon in the first place

Hello, is there any chance you could include your sources for further reading etc? Always nice to find a new in depth history channel. May your growth be strong!

Just found your channel by chance and enjoyed this video very much. Subbed and eager for more!

For the algorithm and one of my favourite classical empires!

The Seleucids introduced the elephant as a terror weapon of war to the western world - it was obviously derived from India but to that point unknown to the west and we find the Seleucid dynasty establishing the city of Apamea in Syria as the base for elephant training and breeding. It spread to the Hellenistic world in general with Pyrrhus of Epirus (Albania) - a close relative of Alexander the great via his mother Olympias -who used the elephant in his invasion of Italy an animal the Romans had never seen before but eventually worked out how to spook! The use of elephants spread to Carthage in north west Africa and here they probably used either the Indian elephant or a now extinct more docile species of African elephant to train and to use in Hannibal's invasion of Italy scaling the Alps and almost destroying the Romans until they fought back and won. The Seleucid era was used to determine the chronology of the Middle East for a long time with echoes of this in the Bible with the book of Daniel and also the book of Maccabees an era when the Jews revolted against their Seleucid masters and won. Here again the Seleucid armies used elephants and there is a description in the book of Maccabees of how a brave Jewish soldier got underneath an Seleucid elephant and stabbed it - killing it but sacrificing his own life at the same time as the elephant fell dead and crushed him. Some scholars even think that the reference in the Islamic Koran of the ruler who brought elephants to Arabia (The year of the elephant) actually is referring back to the Seleucid era and the elephants in the book of Maccabees.

Alright!

Yes

Selucids Empire is the true long-term successor kingdom to the Persian. Alexander made it possible with his massive military campaigns. But he just did not live long enough.

Great video! However i cannot make any judgement right now because the video is still in Seleucid biography phase. Galatian invasion and more Ptoleamy rivalry as well Satrap rebellious is waiting Now i'm going to watch the Bactrian

It's Seh-lef-kee-the-es the correct pronunciation. ΕY ευ in Greek is pronounced as F.