Euthydemus II
Template:Short description Template:Infobox royalty Euthydemus II (Greek: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Euthýdēmos) was a Greco-Bactrian king who ruled in Bactria in 185-180 BCE.
RuleEdit
Son of Demetrius I of Bactria, Euthydemus II became king in the 180s BCE, either after his father's death or as a sub-king to him. The style and rare nickel alloys of his coins associates him closely in time with the king Agathocles but their precise relation remains uncertain. Euthydemus is pictured as a boy on his coins and most likely died very young.
He was the last Euthydemid ruler of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom and perhaps related with king Xiutu of Gansu.<ref>Lucas, Christopoulos; Dionysian rituals and the Golden Zeus of China pp. http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp326_dionysian_rituals_china.pdf pp.68-112 </ref>
GalleryEdit
- Dinastia indo-battriana, tetradracma di euthydemos II, 190-185 ac ca.JPG
Tetradrachm of king Euthydemus II with obverse showing the young king wearing a royal diadem.
- Euthydemos II cupro-nickel.jpg
Cupro-nickel coin of Euthydemus II, c. 185-180 BC with Laureate head of Apollo, and Tripod on the reverse.
See alsoEdit
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
- Seleucid Empire
- Greco-Buddhism
- Indo-Scythians
- Indo-Parthian Kingdom
- Kushan Empire
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- The Greeks in Bactria and India, W. W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.
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