Editing Seleucus III Ceraunus (section)

==Biography==
His birth name was Alexander and he was named after his great uncle the Seleucid official [[Alexander (grandson of Seleucus I Nicator)|Alexander]]. Alexander changed his name to Seleucus after he succeeded his father as King. Seleucus's rule was troubled & unstable, during his tenure he unsuccessfully continued his father's war in Asia Minor against [[Attalus I|Attalus I of Pergamon]]. Seleucus was seen as being energetic & full of ambition like his father was. However he lacked character & was usually very sickly, making him mostly unable to fulfil his ambitious ideas. He however, in the eyes of many did not suite his position. He was not very well liked by many as he did not fit their definition of a proper King, as much as he did try to prove the opposite. After a brief reign of less than two years (225–223&nbsp;BC), he was assassinated in [[Anatolia]] by members of his army, possibly at the instigation of his powerful minister [[Hermeias]].<ref name="livius"/> His official byname ''Soter'' means "Saviour", while his nickname ''Ceraunus'' means "Thunderbolt".