Editing Heliocles I (section)

{{Short description|Greco-Bactrian king}}
[[File:Baktria_-_king_Heliokles_I_-_145-130_BC_-_silver_tetradrachm_-_bust_of_Heliokles_I_-_Zeus_-_München_SMS_01_Crop.jpg|thumb|250px|Portrait of Heliocles I on the obverse of one of his silver coins, showing the king wearing a [[Diadem|royal diadem]] and a [[chlamys]] cloak.]]
'''Heliocles I''' ({{langx|grc|Ἡλιοκλῆς|Hēlioklês}}, meaning "glory of [[Helios]]"; reigned c. 145–120 BC) was a [[Greco-Bactrian]] king, a son and successor of [[Eucratides|Eucratides the Great]],{{cn|date=March 2025}} and considered the last Greek king to reign over the [[Bactria|Bactrian country]]. His reign was a troubled one; according to Roman historian [[Justin (historian)|Justin]], Eucratides was murdered crossing the [[Hindu Kush]] by one of his sons, although this is highly disputed and Justin fails to name the perpetrator. Eucratides’ death led to instability, even civil war, which caused the Indian parts of the empire to be lost to Indo-Greek king [[Menander I]] and southern [[Bactria]] to be lost to the [[Yuezhi]].