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Seleucia epi tou Zeugmatos (Seleucia at the Zeugma) – Greek: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, also transliterated Seleukeia epi tou Zeugmatos, – was a Hellenistic city – or rather, fortified town – in the present Republic of Turkey, on the left, or south, bank of the Euphrates, across from ancient Samosata and not far from it. It is mentioned in isolated incidents: Antiochus III the Great married a Pontic princess there in 221 BC; the Oxford Classical Dictionary ascribed this to Zeugma. Tigranes let Cleopatra Selene, the widow of Antiochus X Eusebes, be killed there. Pompey gave the city and its surroundings to Antiochus I Theos of Commagene; Pliny the Elder nonetheless ascribes it to Coele Syria. The bishop Eusebius of Samosata ruled a day’s journey from his see, even to Zeugma. The name of the city is confirmed by an inscription from Rhodes, which refers to a man \