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Seleucia

Seleucia · f

the name of several cities in Asia

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Sĕleucĭ_a — Lewis & Short

Sĕleucĭ_a (also written Sĕleucĕ_a), ae, f., = *seleu/keia,

I the name of several cities in Asia.
I Pieria, a city in Syria, on the Orontes, now Kepse, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67; Cic. Att. 11, 20 init.
II A celebrated city in Babylonia, near the river Tigris, now ElModain, Sall. Ep. Mithrid. 19; called Seleucia Parthorum, Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132; form Seleucea, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1. —
III Seleucia Trachēa = *seleu/keia h( traxei = a, a city of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93; Amm. 14, 2, 14.

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