Seleucus

Also known as
Seleucus I Nicator
Dates
c. 358–281 BC
Role
Founder of the Seleucid dynasty

Founder of the Seleucid dynasty. The Seleucid era, from which the books of the Maccabees compute their histories, begins twelve years after the death of Alexander the Great when Seleucus assumed the royal title.

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses