During the turmoil of the Wars of the Successors, the Seleucids were able to claim and expand Alexander the Great’s eastern empire, as well as parts of Asia Minor. Ever the opportunists however, the Seleucid kings may yet turn the tables, bringing much of Alexander’s former western empire under their sway.Founded by Seleucus ‘Nicator’, or Seleucus ‘the Victor’, at its height the vast Seleucid Empire stretched from western Anatolia as far east as the Indus River. Although furnished with expert cavalry, including horse archers, and war elephants, Seleucid armies sport a solid core of infantry provided by a growing number of Greek-speaking colonists.As the campaign begins, such measures are a necessity when faced with the continuing threat from their Ptolemaic Egyptian neighbours and upheaval among the Seleucid's satrapies and protectorates.
Although eventually embracing many eastern customs, the Seleucids are renowned for their city building and civil engineering, driving the Greek colonisation and Hellenization of their empire.
