{"slug": "greco-bactrian-kingdom", "label": "Greco-Bactrian Kingdom", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q488880", "qid": "Q488880", "description": "Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom (256–120 BCE)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [-254, -169], "span_label": ["255 BCE", "170 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Greco-Bactrian"], "related": [{"slug": "bactria", "label": "Bactria", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "seleucid-empire", "label": "Seleucid Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "antiochus-iii-the-great", "label": "Antiochus III the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "balkh", "label": "Balkh", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -254, "year_label": "255 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Diodotus I, Seleucid satrap of Bactria, rebels against Antiochus II and becomes the founder of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340601033#Bactria", "title": "255 BC", "revid": 1340601033, "section": "Events › By place › Bactria"}}, {"year": -238, "year_label": "239 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Diodotus I, king of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (b. c. 285 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1212004865#Deaths", "title": "239 BC", "revid": 1212004865, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -222, "year_label": "223 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Diodotus II of Bactria is killed by a usurper, Euthydemus I, founder of the Greco-Bactrian Euthydemid dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243366265#Bactria", "title": "223 BC", "revid": 1243366265, "section": "Events › By place › Bactria"}}, {"year": -207, "year_label": "208 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus III advances into Bactria, which is ruled by the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus I, and defeats Euthydemus at the Battle of the Arius. After resisting a siege of his capital Bactra (Balkh) by the Seleucids, Euthydemus obtains an honourable peace by which Antiochus promises Euthydemus' son Demetrius the hand of one of his daughters.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364334903#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "208 BC", "revid": 1364334903, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -199, "year_label": "200 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Euthydemus I of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom dies and is succeeded by his son Demetrius I of Bactria (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360771623#Bactria", "title": "200 BC", "revid": 1360771623, "section": "Events › By place › Bactria"}}, {"year": -199, "year_label": "200 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Euthydemus I, king of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom from 223 BC (approximate date) (b. c. 260 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360771623#Deaths", "title": "200 BC", "revid": 1360771623, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -169, "year_label": "170 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Around this time, Eucratides, who is either a rebellious Bactrian official or a cousin of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes, captures the throne of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom by toppling the Euthydemid dynasty's king Antimachus I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1289094585#Bactria", "title": "170 BC", "revid": 1289094585, "section": "Events › By place › Bactria"}}]}