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.