Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Seleucus III Ceraunus or Soter (c. 243 BC - 223 BC) was a Seleucid king, who after a brief reign of three years (225 BC-223 BC) was assassinated in Asia Minor by members of his army while on campaign against Attalus I of Pergamon.His title "Ceraunus" means "Thunder" in Greek. Preceded by: Seleucus II Callinicus Seleucid dynasty Succeeded by: Antiochus III the Great Preceded by: Seleucus II Callinicus Persian Kings Succeeded by: Antiochus III the Great Seleucid dynasty This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.