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'''Seleucus II Callinicus''' or ''Pogon'' (the epithets meaning "beautiful victor" and "bearded", respectively), was a ruler of the [[Hellenistic]] [[Seleucid Empire]], who reigned from [[246 BC|246]] to [[225 BC]]. He was proclaimed king by his mother, Laodice, while her partisans at Antioch murdered [[Berenice (Seleucid queen)|Berenice]] and her son.

[[Ptolemy III of Egypt|Ptolemy III]], who was Berenice's brother and the ruler of Egypt, invaded the Seleucid Empire and marched victoriously to the Tigris or beyond. He received the submission of the Seleucid Empire's eastern provinces, while Egyptian fleets swept the coast of [[Asia Minor]].

Seleucus managed to maintain himself in the interior of Asia Minor. When Ptolemy returned to Egypt, Seleucus recovered Northern Syria and the nearer provinces of Iran. However, [[Antiochus Hierax]], a younger brother of Seleucus, was set up as a rival in Asia Minor against Seleucus by a party to which Laodice herself adhered.

At Ancyra (about [[235 BC]]) Seleucus sustained a crushing defeat and left the country beyond the Taurus to his brother and the other powers of the peninsula. Seleucus then undertook an ''anabasis'' to regain Parthia, the results of which came to nothing. According to some sources, he was even taken prisoner for several years by the Parthian king. Other sources mention that he established a peace with Arsaces I, who recognized his soverignty.

In Asia Minor, [[Pergamon]] now rose to greatness under [[Attalus I]]. Antiochus Hierax, after a failed attempt to seize his brother's dominions when his own were vanishing, perished as a fugitive in [[Thrace]] in [[228 BC|228]] or [[227 BC]].

About a year later, Seleucus was killed by a fall from his horse. He was succeeded by his elder son, [[Seleucus III Ceraunus]], and later by his younger son [[Antiochus III the Great]].

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Irlandos at 18:21, July 31, 2006