Diodotid dynasty
Hellenistic dynasty
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The Diodotid dynasty was a Hellenistic dynasty founded by Seleucid viceroy Diodotus I Soter[1][2] c. 255 BC, ruling the far-eastern Kingdom of Bactria. The Diodotids were the first independent Greek kings to rule in Bactria.[3][4]
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| Diodotid dynasty | |
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Coin of Diodotus Soter, with thundering Zeus serving as the symbol of the Diodotids | |
| Country | Greco-Bactria |
| Founded | c. 255 BC |
| Founder | Diodotus I |
| Final ruler | Diodotus II |
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| Dissolution | c. 225 BC |
The origins of Diodotids are unknown. Antiochus Nicator, a proposed Greco-Bactrian King c. 230s BC, would have belonged to the Diodotid dynasty (his existence as a distinct Greco-Bactrian ruler is controversial and his coins may have represented Seleucid authority).[5] Diodotus II Theos was the last Diodotid ruler of Bactria. His reign was marked for his controversial alliance with the Parthians against the Seleucid Empire.[4] Diodotus II was deposed c. 235-225 BC by Euthydemus, founder of the Euthydemid dynasty, thus ending the dynasty's rule over the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom.[6][7]
Family Tree
This is a theoretical family tree of the Diodotid kings of Bactria, including the Seleucid king Antiochus II (for a more detailed family tree, see Family tree of the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kings).
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