Portrait bust of Seleucus I Nicator (ca. 359-285 BCE), general of Alexander the Great and first rule
Portrait bust of Seleucus I Nicator (ca. 359-285 BCE), general of Alexander the Great and first ruler of the Seleucid Empire. Made in a Syrian workshop; 1st or 2nd cent. CE (Roman Imperial period). Now in the Louvre. Photo credit: Eric Gaba/Wikimedia Commons. -- source link
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