Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom (256–120 BCE)
7 dated entries naming Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, drawn from 6 separate years between 255 BCE and 170 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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3rd century BC
- 255 BCEDiodotus I, Seleucid satrap of Bactria, rebels against Antiochus II and becomes the founder of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom.source
- 239 BCEDiodotus I, king of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (b. c. 285 BC)source
- 223 BCEKing Diodotus II of Bactria is killed by a usurper, Euthydemus I, founder of the Greco-Bactrian Euthydemid dynasty.source
- 208 BCEAntiochus 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.source
2nd century BC
- 200 BCEEuthydemus I of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom dies and is succeeded by his son Demetrius I of Bactria (approximate date).source
- 200 BCEEuthydemus I, king of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom from 223 BC (approximate date) (b. c. 260 BC)source
- 170 BCEAround 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.source
Named in the same entries
- Bactria (4)
- Seleucid Empire (2)
- Antiochus III the Great (1)
- Balkh (1)