Seleucus
# Seleucus

Seleucus may refer to:

## Monarchs and other people related to the Seleucid Empire

* Seleucus I Nicator (Satrap 311–305 BC, King 305 BC–281 BC), son of Antiochus and founder of the Seleucid Empire
* Seleucus II Callinicus (246–225 BC)
* Seleucus III Ceraunus (or Soter) (225–223 BC)
* Seleucus IV Philopator (187–175 BC)
* Seleucus V Philometor (126/125 BC)
* Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator (96–95 BC)
* Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes or Philometor (70s BC–60s BC?)
* Seleucus, probable name of the father of Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator)
* Seleucus, a son of Antiochus I Soter and grandson to Seleucus I
* Seleucus, one of the sons of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra Thea
* Seleucus (commandant), in 30 BC commandant of the eastern Egyptian border-fortress Pelusium

### Other people

* Seleucus, son of Bithys, Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus (c.145-130 BC),
* Seleucus of Alexandria, a grammarian and sophist,
* Seleucus of Seleucia, an astronomer,
* Seleucus (son of Ablabius), a rhetorician and friend of Julian the Apostate,
* Seleucus (Theodosian Praetorian prefect), Praetorian prefect of the Theodosian dynasty,
* Seleucus (Roman usurper), a Roman usurper.

## Other uses

* Seleucus (crater), a crater on Earth's moon
* 3288 Seleucus, an asteroid
