Diodotus I
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Died | Bactria |
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Successor | Diodotus II |
Dynasty | Diodotid |
Children | Diodotus II |
Born | Bactria |
Full name | Diodotus I Soter |
Father | Diodotus |
Reign | c. 256 or 245 BC – c. 235 BC |
Grandchildren | Agathocles of Bactria |
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ID | 1273967 |
Diodotus I Life story
Diodotus I Soter, was the first Greek king of Bactria. Diodotus became independent of the Seleucid empire around 255 or 245 BC, and established the Diodotid Bactrian Kingdom, which endured in various forms until the beginning of the first century AD.