- Seleucia (disambiguation)
Seleucia was the first capital of the Seleucid Empire, and one of the great cities of antiquity standing in Mesopotamia, on the Tigris River.Seleucia may refer to:
*Seleucia (Pamphylia) , now at Bucakşeyhler, Antalya Province, Turkey
*Seleucia (Sittacene) , across the Tigris from the foremost Seleucia
*Seleucia (Susiana) , formerly Soloke, Sele, Sodome, and Surak, now at Ja Nishin, Iran
*Seleucia above Zeugma , on the Euphrates above Zeugma, probably near modern Sırataşlar, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey
*Seleucia ad Belum , later Seleucopolis, on the Orontes, Syria
*Seleucia Pieria , the port city for Antioch, at the mouth of the Orontes, in Syria
*Seleucia Samulias , on Lake Merom (now drained), in Israel
*Seleucia Sidera , in Pisidia, now at Selef, Isparta Province, TurkeySeleucia may also refer to:
*Abila (Decapolis) (formerly Seleucia), also known as Abila, in the Decapolis at a site near modern Irbid, Jordan
*Aydın (formerly Seleucia ad Maeandrum), also known anciently as Seleucia-in-Caria, formerly called Tralles; currently Aydın, Aydın Province, Turkey
*Mopsuestia (formerly Seleucia ad Pyramum), or Mopsuestia, now in Adana Province, Turkey
*Silifke , also known as Seleucia-in-Cilicia, Seleucia-on-the-Calycadnus, Seleucia-in-Isauria or Seleucia-of-Isauria, Seleucia Trachea or Seleucia Tracheotis, now Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey
*Susa (formerly Seleucia ad Eulaeum), now in southwestern Iran
*Umm Qais (formerly Seleucia), in Jordan
*Zeugma (city) (formerly Seleucia-on-the-Euphrates), now in Gaziantep Province, Turkey
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