Seleucia
Seleucia ranks 6,746th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Carmichael, California, Câmpia Turzii, and Buchanan, Michigan. Memorable people born in Seleucia include Diogenes of Babylon, and Seleucus of Seleucia. Seleucia has been the birth place of many philosophers, and astronomers. Seleucia is located in Iraq.
Seleucia, also known as Seleucia-on-Tigris or Seleucia on the Tigris or Seleucia ad Tigrim, was a major Mesopotamian city, located on the west bank of the Tigris River within the present-day Baghdad Governorate in Iraq. It was founded around 305 BC by Seleucus I Nicator as the first capital of the Seleucid Empire, and remained an important center of trade and Hellenistic culture after the imperial capital relocated to Antioch. The city continued to flourish under Parthian rule beginning in 141 BC; ancient texts claim that it reached a population of 600,000. Seleucia was destroyed in 165 AD by Roman general Avidius Cassius and gradually faded into obscurity in the subsequent centuries. The site was rediscovered in the 1920s by archaeologists. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 240 BC and 190 BC, Seleucia was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Diogenes of Babylon, and Seleucus of Seleucia.
People Born in Seleucia
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Diogenes of Babylon
PHILOSOPHER
240 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 1
Seleucus of Seleucia
ASTRONOMER
190 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 2
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Seleucia were philosophers (1), and astronomers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history philosophers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Seleucia, including Diogenes of Babylon.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Seleucia since 1700.
