Hellenism and Its Impact in The Seleucid Empire
by Hellenism was the practice by which the Greeks left Ancient Greeks and established or took over cities and states to run them in the same way as Greek city-states like Athens and Sparta. Hellenism was also a process by which the Ancient Greeks and the Macedonians spread Greek culture, language, and religion across the Middle East, Asia Minor, and the Mediterranean.
The Selecuid Empire was established by Selecus I Nicator, yet another one of Alexander the Great’s former Macedonian generals. Selecus I Nicator competed with other Macedonian generals to grab territory after the death of Alexander the Great. These Macedonians all fought, governed, and thought in very similar ways. Whenever rulers like Selecus I Nicator and Ptolemy I gained power they set about the Hellenisation of their territories. The territory that Selecus I Nicator gained control of was that of the former Babylonian Empire.
The Selecuid Empire for many decades had a fierce rivalry with Ptolemaic Egypt, and indeed there were actually six major conflicts between the two states. These conflicts were called the Syrian Wars. The Selecuid Empire was weakened by these conflicts, and was absorbed into the Roman Empire before Ptolemaic Egypt was.
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