Diodotus I Soter (Greek: Διόδοτος Σωτήρ, Diódotos Sōtḗr; c. 300 BC – c. 235 BC) was the first Hellenistic king of Bactria. Diodotus was initially satrap...
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Diodotus may refer to: Diodotus I, Seleucid satrap of Bactria Diodotus II, Greco-Bactrian king, son of Diodotus I Diodotus Tryphon, king of the Hellenistic...
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Diodotus II Theos (Greek: Διόδοτος Θεός, Diódotos Theós; died c. 225 BC) was the son and successor of Diodotus I Soter, who rebelled against the Seleucid...
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Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (section Takht-i Sangin)
sea trade between Greek Egypt and Bactria developed. Diodotus was succeeded by his son Diodotus II, who allied himself with the Parthian Arsaces in his...
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accuse Diodotus of having had the young king murdered. Diodotus convinced the army to elect him king. Royal titles and representation As king, Diodotus used...
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thought to have originally been a satrap of Sogdia, who usurped power from Diodotus II in 224 BC. Literary sources, notably Polybius, record how he and his...
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as a subordinate of Diodotus. Agathocles commemorative coin for Alexander the Great. Agathocles commemorative coin for Diodotus I in the name of Antiochus...
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Antigonus I Monophthalmus (Greek: Ἀντίγονος Μονόφθαλμος Antigonos Monophthalmos, "Antigonus the One-Eyed"; 382 – 301 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general...
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Soter Attalus I Seleucus III Ceraunus Ptolemy IX (died 81 BCE), twice king of Ptolemaic Egypt Diodotus I Strato II Strato I Menander I (died 130 BCE)...
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Seleucus I Nicator (/sɪˈluːkəs/; Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, Séleukos Nikátōr, lit. 'Seleucus the Victorious'; c. 358 – 281 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general...
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tetradrachms honouring Euthydemus I, also called "The God", and Diodotus I, called "The Saviour". This indicates that Antimachus I might have been instrumental...
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Diodotid dynasty was a Hellenistic dynasty founded by Seleucid viceroy Diodotus I Soter c. 255 BC, ruling the far-eastern Kingdom of Bactria. The Diodotids...
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Ptolemy I Soter (/ˈtɒləmi/; Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr "Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 367 BC – January 282 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general...
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his general, Seleucus I. The Seleucids lost the region after the declaration of independence by the satrap of Bactria, Diodotus I; thus began the history...
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had two sons: Diodotus and Nicomedes. Diodotus, as a nephew of Seleucus I, would become Seleucid satrap of Bactria and his son, Diodotus I Soter would rebel...
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Eucratides I (Ancient Greek: Εὐκρατίδης, Eukratídēs, reigned 172/171–145 BC), also called Eucratides the Great, and Evukratida in Indian sources, was...
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became their new capital around 237 BC. Around this time Diodotus was succeeded by his son Diodotus II who agreed to an alliance with Parthia, which now acted...
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Heliocles I (Ancient Greek: Ἡλιοκλῆς, romanized: Hēlioklēs, meaning "glory of Helios"; reigned 145–120 BC) was a Greco-Bactrian king, brother and successor...
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Cleopatra I Syra (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα ἡ Σύρα; c. 204 – 176 BC) was a princess of the Seleucid Empire, Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy V of...
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lost some importance through the secession of the Greco-Bactrians under Diodotus I (c. 250 BC). Seleucid construction programmes were halted and the city...
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Parthian intrusion and the independence of Diodotus in Bactria, and suggests instead the half-Iranian Antiochus I, with stronger connections in the East....
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Demetrius II Nicator (section Rebellion of Diodotus)
Diodotus, out of anger at his conduct or the cuts to their pay. Demetrius was defeated in battle and lost control of Apamea and Antioch to Diodotus....
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Indo-Greek Kingdom (section Rule of Menander I)
sea trade between Greek Egypt and Bactria developed. Diodotus was succeeded by his son Diodotus II, who allied himself with the Parthian Arsaces in his...
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I Attalus I Eumenes II Attalus II Attalus III Eumenes III Greco-Bactrians Diodotus I Diodotus II Euthydemus I Demetrius I Euthydemus II Antimachus I Pantaleon...
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instituted purges, but these aggravated the discontent instead of stifling it. Diodotus, a former general of Alexander and probable participant in the Antiochene...
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Parthian intrusion and the independence of Diodotus in Bactria, and suggests instead the half-Iranian Antiochus I, with stronger connections in the East....
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Demetrius I Anicetus (Ancient Greek: Δημήτριος Ἀνίκητος, romanized: Dēmētrios Anikētos, "Demetrius the unconquered"), also called Damaytra was a Greco-Bactrian...
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Plato of Bactria (redirect from Diodotus III Plato)
I Attalus I Eumenes II Attalus II Attalus III Eumenes III Greco-Bactrians Diodotus I Diodotus II Euthydemus I Demetrius I Euthydemus II Antimachus I Pantaleon...
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Pyrrhus of Epirus (redirect from Pyrrhus I of Epirus)
the Diadochi and regained his throne in 297 BC with the support of Ptolemy I Soter. During what came to be known as the Pyrrhic War, Pyrrhus fought Rome...
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I Attalus I Eumenes II Attalus II Attalus III Eumenes III Greco-Bactrians Diodotus I Diodotus II Euthydemus I Demetrius I Euthydemus II Antimachus I Pantaleon...
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