Seleucus, returning his attention to his former …
Years: 312BCE - 312BCE
Seleucus, returning his attention to his former province, Babylonia, in August 312 is able to reconquer Babylon with only a small army.
This conquest marks the beginning of the Seleucid era, which is dated Dios 1 (Oct. 7), 312, in the Macedonian calendar and Nisan 1 (April 3), 311, in the Babylonian calendar.
He establishes his imperial capital at Seleukeia on the Tigris, located just south of present Baghdad.
