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Was there ever a possibility of the Seleucid Empire being a long-lasting, stable empire?
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They were doing quite well economically,and militarily they were ahead because they try to ctrl+c the legions
Too bad the region they rule were rich but sparse,surrounded by powerful and ambitious enemy
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>>3233762
Good guide.
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>>3233813
yeah, not mine, some other /his/torian here made it
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>>3233762
>Was there ever a possibility of the Seleucid Empire being a long-lasting, stable empire?
It suffered the same situation as many ancient empires. A somewhat dysfunctional monarchy in terms of stability with civil wars and dynastic tensions rife. Powerful regional dynasts with little overarching ideology or sense of national identity to drive them together. I expect that the empire might have been able to survive in its western regions, possibly up to the Zagros mountains in Iran, but I think holding further than that was always a crapshoot due to nomadic raiders and powerful regional princelets.
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>>3233762
They got BTFO'd by Jewish peasants, there was no hope.
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