305 BCE · Asia
Seleucus Founds Seleucia
Seleucia (Ancient Greek: Σελεύκεια), also known as Seleucia-on-Tigris, 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…