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Seleucus III Ceraunus

243 BC - 223 BC

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Seleucus III Soter, called Seleucus Ceraunus (Greek: Σέλευκος Γ΄ ὁ Σωτήρ, ὁ Κεραυνός; c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seleucus III Ceraunus has received more than 132,319 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Seleucus III Ceraunus is the 3,117th most popular politician (up from 3,674th in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 376th in 2019) and the 186th most popular Turkish Politician.

Seleucus III Ceraunus was most famous for being the last Seleucid king of Syria. He was assassinated by his finance minister Heliodorus in 223 BC.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Seleucus III Ceraunus ranks 3,117 out of 15,577Before him are Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Mauno Koivisto, Argishti I of Urartu, Hystaspes, Eugenius, and Altan Khan. After him are Eleonora Gonzaga, Antipater the Idumaean, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Theudebald, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, and Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 243 BC, Seleucus III Ceraunus ranks 3Before him are Cato the Elder and Mago Barca.  Among people deceased in 223 BC, Seleucus III Ceraunus ranks 1

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Seleucus III Ceraunus ranks 347 out of 1,301Before him are Nectarios of Aegina (1846), Papias of Hierapolis (70), Nikephoros I of Constantinople (758), Alexander Balas (-150), Tiberius III (700), and Argishti I of Urartu (-827). After him are Maria of Alania (1053), Gülbahar Hatun (1429), Euphemia (289), Thomas the Slav (800), Expeditus (300), and Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha (null).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Seleucus III Ceraunus ranks 186Before him are David of Trebizond (1408), Bülent Ecevit (1925), Aspar (400), Alexander Balas (-150), Tiberius III (700), and Argishti I of Urartu (-827). After him are Maria of Alania (1053), Gülbahar Hatun (1429), Gevherhan Sultan (1544), Cleitus the Black (-370), Artaphernes (-600), and Chryses of Troy (null).