History of the Seleucid Empire | Part 1 | Animated Documentary

The Seleucid Empire was one of the major Hellenistic states that emerged after the death of Alexander the Great. Founded by Seleucus I Nicator, A former general of Alexander, he carved out a vast domain stretching from Anatolia to the borders of India, blending Greek and Eastern traditions in a fragile but ambitious empire.

In this first video, we’ll explore the reigns of the early Seleucid kings, from Seleucus I’s military conquests and administrative policies to the challenges faced by his successors. His son, Antiochus I Soter, struggled to consolidate power, while Antiochus II and Seleucus II faced internal strife and external threats that gradually weakened the empire. Finally, we’ll examine the disastrous reign of Seleucus III, whose short rule highlighted the growing instability of the Seleucid dynasty.

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MUSIC : by Alexander Nakarada
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

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[HistoryBeyondBordersTV]

The Seleucid Empire was one of the most ambitious Hellenistic states. Managing such a vast and diverse territory was no easy feat!

[GoogleUserOne]

Are you trying to pronounce Antiochus as many different ways as possible?

[shkrsimpson]

Yes ! Seleucus Nicator. I've been studying Alexander and the diadochi for the past few months now.

[octavian]

Thanks for being the only long form video on YouTube about the selucid empire was my fav faction on Rome total war 1 and 2

[Carelock]

You get a sub just for doing this. The Seleucid Empire is greatly underrepresented on YouTube history channels.

[samryan]

God yes! Give me more of that sweet sweet Seleucid history.

[DJLaZyI]

BRUH im like 30 seconds in and im certain this is AI; here's your engagement i guess 😞

[Somejaun]

18:14 “stabilizing the family dynamic” yeah sure ig u can call it that

[tomalexander]

Sometimes I think it's a human speaking and then others its AI

[andrewbecker]

Greek is easy to pronounce because the sound each letter makes is right in the name, so despite the British penchant for willfully mispronouncing the words of every other culture, I'm going to get you to say this right:

- Ἀντίοχος (note, no upsilon in the Greek spelling — 2 omicrons)
- an.tí.o.kʰos
- an-TEE-awwkh-awws
(Emphasis is on the second syllable, TEE.)

Put the emphasis on the iota (pronounced like the "yota" in Toyota), and standardize the way you pronounce these letters:


I(ota): "ee, " not "eye."

O(micron): it's an "aww" or "ahh" (like the 'o' in 'loch'), never the "ohh" sound the other Greek 'o' vowel, omega, makes (ahhmikron vs ohhmega)... omicron is closer to an English non-nasal long 'a' (alpha makes the nasal 'a' sound).

X(i) or Ch(i): it's not a "qu" or "kuh, " it's a "kh" sound like in CHimera or LoCH Ness — in fact, the "OCH" in loch is exactly the way you pronounce the middle omicron+chi sound in Antiochus, while the proceeding omicron+sigma is pronounced like OSteoporosis.

So, it's not "anti-o-QUEs" or "anti-o-KOOs" or "anti-o-CUSS." It's ant-EE-awwkh-awws.

[TaeSunWoo]

I know if my bae the Roman Empire could they would’ve let Middle Eastern part of the Seleucid Empire be. Would’ve saved a lot of headaches all the way past 1453 AD

[Mavrickman]

Is this AI generated? Or like an essay where you're trying to reach the word count lol

[alexteague]

Yet another time period most people don't know about

[stolt]

Never thought I'd hear a story about France and Greece warring in Turkey over a Greek conquered Iran (what).

[thekinghass]

Hell yeah sorry but now I am gone watch it

[gj]

So lucid. However, I doubt that Seleucid had 8:55 any electric lamps.

[stewartrickert]

Man. I’ve had serious crushes and been crazy about a few women over the years but non that were literally gonna kill me😮.

[WorthlessWinner]

The AI voice in this video is mispronouncing everything, it's impossible to listen to

[Kurdish]

Parthian Persians defeated and conquered the Selucids.

[TRDPaul]

Hmmm these AI videos are improving but aren't really good enough yet