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Achaeus (son of Seleucus I Nicator)

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78:. The Seleucid military campaign against the Galatians took place between 269-267 BC, during the reign of Antiochus I. Those who had assisted Antiochus I and Achaeus were taken prisoner and Achaeus paid for their ransom to be released. Antiochus I won this military campaign. Those who had Achaeus as their benefactor inscribed their benefaction on a stone stele and placed it in the sanctuary of 111: 321: 188:
Apama, wife of Seleucus I, was the daughter of the Sogdian Spitamenes (Arr. Anab. 7.4.6). She was the mother of Antiochus I and also of Achaios
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The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest: A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation
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Achaeus married an unnamed Greek woman. From his wife, she had born him five children who were:
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at Kiddioukome. The descendants of those who were saved by Achaeus for all time were granted a
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at the public festivals and sacrificed an ox to Achaeus every year in the sanctuary of Zeus.
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Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires: Integration, Communication, and Resistance
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nobleman and was the second son born to King and founder of the Seleucid Empire
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and two sisters: Apama and Laodice. Achaeus is sometimes called
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Christelle Fischer-Bovet; Sitta von Reden (30 September 2021).
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descent. He had three siblings: one brother the Seleucid King
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Biographical information of Seleucus I Nicator at Livius.org
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Biographical information of Laodice I at Livius.org
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Index

Ancient Greek
Seleucid
Seleucus I Nicator
Sogdian
Apama I
Sogdian
Antiochus I Soter
the Seleucid General, Achaeus
Anatolia
Galatians
Zeus
Apollo
seat of honor
Antiochis
Attalus I
Pergamon
Alexander
Laodice I
Antiochus II Theos
Andromachus
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Laodice II
Seleucus II Callinicus
Polybius
Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires: Integration, Communication, and Resistance
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9780429603594
Biographical information of Apama at Livius.org
Biographical information of Laodice I at Livius.org

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