{
	"Code":"sele",
	"Culture":"sele",
	"Name":"Seleucids",
	"Emblem":"session/portraits/emblems/emblem_seleucids.png",
	"History":"The Macedonian-Greek dynasty that ruled most of Alexander's former empire.",
	"Music":[
			{"File":"Rise_of_Macedon.ogg", "Type":"peace"},
			{"File":"In_the_Shadow_of_Olympus.ogg", "Type":"peace"},
			{"File":"The_Hellespont.ogg", "Type":"peace"}
		],
	"Factions":
	[
		{
			"Name":"Seleucids",
			"Description":"The Macedonian-Greek dynasty that ruled the Eastern part of Alexander's former empire.",
			"Technologies":
			[
				{
					"Name":"Hellenistic Metropolises",
					"History":"Beginning with Alexander, the Hellenistic monarchs founded many cities throughout their empires, where Greek culture and art blended with local customs to create the motley Hellenistic civilization.",
					"Description":"Civic Centers have double Health and double default arrows."
				},
				{
					"Name":"Marriage Alliance",
					"History":"Seleucus I Nicator invaded the Punjab region region of India in 305 BC, confronting Chandragupta Maurya (Sandrokottos), founder of the Mauryan empire. It is said that Chandragupta fielded an army of 600,000 men and 9,000 war elephants (Pliny, Natural History VI, 22.4). Seleucus met with no success and to establish peace between the two great powers and to formalize their alliance, he married his daughter to Chandragupta. In return, Chandragupta gifted Seleucus a corps of 500 war elephants, which would prove a decisive military asset for Seleucus as he fought the rest of Alexander's successors.",
					"Description":"A one-time purchase of 20 Indian War Elephants from the Mauryan Empire."
				}
			],
			"Heroes":
			[
				{
					"Name":"Seleukos A' Nikator",
					"Class":"",
					"Armament":"",
					"Emblem":"",
					"History":"Always lying in wait for the neighboring nations, strong in arms and persuasive in council, he (Seleucus) acquired Mesopotamia, Armenia, 'Seleucid' Cappadocia, Persis, Parthia, Bactria, Arabia, Tapouria, Sogdia, Arachosia, Hyrcania, and other adjacent peoples that had been subdued by Alexander, as far as the river Indus, so that the boundaries of his empire were the most extensive in Asia after that of Alexander. The whole region from Phrygia to the Indus was subject to Seleucus. — Appian, 'The Syrian Wars'."
				},
				{
					"Name":"Antiokhos G' Megas",
					"Class":"",
					"Armament":"",
					"Emblem":"",
					"History":"Antiochus inherited a troubled kingdom upon the beginning of his reign. From the verge of collapse he managed to weld back together the empire Seleukus I so hard to found. The rebellious eastern satraps of Bactria and Parthia were brought to heel , temporarily securing his eastern borders. He then turned his attention to mother Greece, attempting to fulfill the dreams of his fathers by invading Greece under the pretext of liberation. The Achaean League and the Kingdom of Pergamon banded together with the Romans to defeat him at the Battle of Magnesia, forever burying the dream of reuniting Alexander's empire."
				},
				{
					"Name":"Antiokhos D' Epiphanes",
					"Class":"",
					"Armament":"",
					"Emblem":"",
					"History":"Antiochus IV Epiphanes was a son of Antiochus III the Great and brother of Seleucus IV Philopator. Originally named Mithridates, he assumed the name Antiochus either upon his accession to the throne or after the death of his elder brother Antiochus. Notable events during his reign include the near-conquest of Egypt (twice), which was halted by the threat of Roman intervention, and the beginning of the Jewish revolt of the Maccabees. He died of sudden illness while fighting off a Parthian invasion from the East."
				}
			]
		}
	],
	"CivBonuses":
	[
		{
			"Name":"A Synergy of East and West ('Synergia')",
			"History":".",
			"Description":"Eastern (non-Greek) units are free of cost, but take 3x longer to train (subject to balancing)."
		},
		{
			"Name":"Military Reforms",
			"History":"Seleucid and indeed Successor warfare evolved over the course of the 3rd and 2nd centuries. Contact with Eastern upstarts such as the Parthians and constant revolts of peripheral satrapies such as Bactria caused the Seleucids to reform their military and change their tactics, specifically in the cavalry arm. War with the Romans from the West and invasions from the Galatians also forced the Seleucids to reform their infantry regiments to be more flexible.",
			"Description":"Champions automatically become available at the Barracks and Stables without needing to unlock them."
		}
	],
	"TeamBonuses":
	[
		{
			"Name":"Syrian Tetrapolis",
			"History":"The political core of the Seleucid Empire consisted of four 'sister' cities: Antioch (the capital), Seleucia Pieria, Apamea, and Laodicea.",
			"Description":"Allies can build Civic Centers 10% faster and within each others territory."
		}
	],
	"Structures":
	[
		{
			"Name":"Library",
			"Class":"",
			"Emblem":"",
			"History":"Alexander the Great founded libraries all over his new empire. These became a center of learning for an entirely new synthesized culture: the Hellenistic culture.",
			"Requirements":".",
			"Phase":"City",
			"Special":"Maximum of 1 built. All Special Technologies and some regular city-phase technologies are researched here. Building one reduces the cost of all other remaining technologies by 10%."
		},
		{
			"Name":"Cavalry Stables",
			"Class":"",
			"Emblem":"",
			"History":".",
			"Requirements":"",
			"Phase":"Village",
			"Special":"Trains all cavalry units except Citizen-Militia Cavalry."
		}
	],
	"StartEntities":
	[
		{
			"Template": "structures/sele_civil_centre"
		},
		{
			"Template": "units/sele_support_female_citizen",
			"Count": 4
		},
		{
			"Template": "units/sele_infantry_spearman_b",
			"Count": 2
		},
		{
			"Template": "units/sele_infantry_archer_b",
			"Count": 2
		},
		{
			"Template": "units/sele_cavalry_javelinist"
		}
	],
	"Formations":
	[
		"Scatter",
		"Box",
		"Column Closed",
		"Line Closed",
		"Column Open",
		"Line Open",
		"Flank",
		"Skirmish",
		"Wedge",
		"Battle Line",
		"Phalanx",
		"Syntagma"
	],
	"AINames":
	[
		"Seleucus I Nicator",
		"Antiochus I Soter",
		"Antiochus II Theos",
		"Seleucus II Callinicus",
		"Seleucus III Ceraunus",
		"Antiochus III Megas",
		"Seleucus IV Philopator",
		"Antiochus IV Epiphanes",
		"Antiochus V Eupator",
		"Demetrius I Soter",
		"Alexander I Balas",
		"Demetrius II Nicator",
		"Antiochus VI Dionysus",
		"Diodotus Tryphon",
		"Antiochus VII Sidetes",
		"Demetrius II Nicator",
		"Alexander II Zabinas",
		"Cleopatra Thea",
		"Seleucus V Philometor",
		"Antiochus VIII Grypus",
		"Antiochus IX Cyzicenus",
		"Seleucus VI Epiphanes",
		"Antiochus X Eusebes",
		"Demetrius III Eucaerus",
		"Antiochus XI Epiphanes",
		"Philip I Philadelphus",
		"Antiochus XII Dionysus",
		"Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes",
		"Antiochus XIII Asiaticus",
		"Philip II Philoromaeus"
	],
	"SelectableInGameSetup": false
}