Seleucus
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
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Sacred Chronology
— The Greek era or the Seleucids: year 3694
"Years from the beginning of the world to the Greek era or the Seleucids: 3694"
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Sacred Chronology
— Assumed the royal title twelve years after Alexander's death
"Seleucus assumed the royal title, 278 years elapsed"