Seleucia (Susiana)

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SeleuciaGreek: Σελεύκεια, also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, Seleukheia; formerly Soloke or Soloce, Sodome, and Sele, also Surak – was an ancient city on the Hedyphon (now, Jarrahi) river in Susiana (earlier Elymais), east of Mesopotamia, currently the site of Ja Nishin, Khuzestan Province, Iran. [1][2]

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Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), p. 93.

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