Seleucia, The principall citie of Syria, which is 30. fuclongs from Babilonia.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Sĕleucĭa (also written Sĕleucĕa), ae, f., = *seleu/keia,the name of several cities in Asia.I. Pieria, a city in Syria, on the Orontes, now Kepse, Plin. 5, 12, 13, 67; Cic. Att. 11, 20 init.—II.A celebrated city in Babylonia, near the river Tigris, now ElModain, Sall. Ep. Mithrid. 19; called Seleucia Parthorum, Plin. 10, 48, 67, 132; form Seleucea, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1. —III. Seleucia Trachēa = *seleu/keia h( traxei = a,a city of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, 93; Amm. 14, 2, 14.