If this is indeed correct, the Seleucid phalanx numbered 35,000 (10,000 argyraspides, 20,000 military settlers, and the 5,000 ...

Laodicea holds an important place in history. Founded on the site of an earlier city by Antiochus II, king of the Seleucid Empire, between 261 and 253 BCE, it was named in honor of his wife Laodice.