[COBOL2Java]

The Seleucid Empire at its zenith, ca. 275 BC

Less than 100 years later (ca. 188 BC):

Eventually the "empire" encompassed little more than Antioch and some Syrian cities. The Seleucids existed solely because no other nation wished to absorb them — seeing as they constituted a useful buffer between their other neighbors.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, maybe a bit wide, though. :')