Nicanor ( /naɪˈkeɪnər/; Greek: Nικάνωρ Nīkā́nōr) was a Syrian Greek who lived in the 3rd century BC under Seleucid Empire.
Together with a Gaul named Apaturius, he assassinated Seleucus III Ceraunus during his expedition into Asia against Attalus I in 222 BC. He was immediately seized and executed by order of the general Achaeus.
( Polybius 4.48; Eusebius Armenian text 165.)
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help)Nicanor ( /naɪˈkeɪnər/; Greek: Nικάνωρ Nīkā́nōr) was a Syrian Greek who lived in the 3rd century BC under Seleucid Empire.
Together with a Gaul named Apaturius, he assassinated Seleucus III Ceraunus during his expedition into Asia against Attalus I in 222 BC. He was immediately seized and executed by order of the general Achaeus.
( Polybius 4.48; Eusebius Armenian text 165.)
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