A certain seleucus, whose name reveals his origin, explains his objections to the bath, especially on this particular morning, when he has been at a funeral.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
If Alexander perhaps intended to revive its imperial position, his successor, seleucus, so soon as he was assured of his inheritance, abandoned the Euphratean city for the banks of the Tigris and Orontes, leaving it to crumble to the heap which it is to-day.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
In the event those two, seleucus and Ptolemy, alone of all the Macedonian successors, would found dynasties destined to endure long enough in kingdoms great enough to affect the general history of civilization in the Ancient East.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth