Seleucus I Nicator

Seleucus I Nicator (“Victor,” lived 358—281 BC, reigned 305—281 BC) was a Macedonian general, a successor of Alexander the Great and founder of the Seleucid Dynasty. After the death of Alexander in 323 BC, his generals divided up the lands they had conquered and fought each other over who controlled what territory. Ultimately, Seleucus and his dynasty ruled Asia Minor, Syria, Mesopotamia, and the Iranian Plateau. His dynasty and empire were one of the major powers of the Hellenistic world until the Roman Republic and Parthian Empire overcame it in the late second and early first centuries BC.