Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . thewest side of the Calycadnus. The chief remainsare those of a theatre, in the front of which thereare considerable ruins, with porticoes and otherlarge buildings: farther on are the ruins of atemple, which had been converted into a Chris-tian church, and several large Corinthian co-lumns. Ancient Seleuceia, which appears to haveremained a free city ever since the time of Augustus,remained in the same condition even after a greatportion of Cilicia was given to Arthelaus of Cappa^docia, whence both imperial and autonomous coinsof the place are found. S
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . thewest side of the Calycadnus. The chief remainsare those of a theatre, in the front of which thereare considerable ruins, with porticoes and otherlarge buildings: farther on are the ruins of atemple, which had been converted into a Chris-tian church, and several large Corinthian co-lumns. Ancient Seleuceia, which appears to haveremained a free city ever since the time of Augustus,remained in the same condition even after a greatportion of Cilicia was given to Arthelaus of Cappa^docia, whence both imperial and autonomous coinsof the place are found. Seleuceia was the birthplaceof several men of eminence, such as the peripateticsAthenaeus and Xenarchus, who flourished in the SELEUCEIA. reign of Augustus, and the sophist Alexander, whotaught at Antioch, and was private secretary to tlieemperor M. Aurelius (Philostr. Vit. Soph. ii. 5.)According to some authorities, lastly, the emperorTrajan died at Seleuceia (Eutrop. viii. 2, 16; c), though others state that he died at COIN OF SELEUCEIA IN CILICIA. 4. Seleucia in Caria [Tralles.] [L. SELEUCEIA or SELEUCIA (2eA6i^/feia, 48; Strab. xi. p. 521; Ptol. v. 18. § 8), a largecity near the right bank of the Tigris, which, todistinguish it from several other towns of the samename, is generally known in history by the title ofSeAeOrceia iirl t<^ Tiyp7]Ti. (Strab. xvi. p. 738;Appian, Syr. 57.) It was built by Seleucus Nicator(Strab. ; Plin. vi. 26. s. 30; Tacit. ^?jn. ; Joseph. Ant. Jud. xviii. 9. § 8; Amm. Marc,xxiii. 20), and appears to have been placed near thejunction with the Tigris, of the great dyke whichwas carried across Mesopotamia from the Euphratesto the Tigris, and wdiich bore the name of NaharMalcha (the royal river). (Plin. I. c, and p. 5.) Ptolemy states that the artificial riverdivided it into two parts (v. 18. § 8). On theother hand, Theophylact states that both rivers, theTigris and Euphrates, surrounded it like a
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