Editing Strato I (section)

==Date and genealogy==
[[File:Strato I and Agathokleia.jpg|thumb|300px|Coin of young Strato I and his mother [[Agathokleia]].<br>'''Obv:''' Conjugate busts of Strato and Agathokleia. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΑΣ "Of Saviour King Strato, and Agathokleia".<br>'''Rev:''' [[Athena]] throwing thunderbolt. [[Kharoshthi]] legend: MAHARAJASA TRATASARA DHARMIKASA STRATASA "King Strato, Saviour and Just (="of the Dharma")".]]
Until recently, consensus was that he ruled between c. 130–110 BCE in Northern [[India]] and that his father was the great king [[Menander I]]. Menander ruled the entire Indo-Greek empire, but in this scenario, the western parts including [[Paropamisade]] and [[Arachosia]] gained independence after the death of [[Menander I]], pushing Strato and [[Agathokleia]] eastwards to [[Gandhara]] and [[Punjab]]. This view was introduced by [[William Woodthorpe Tarn|Tarn]] and defended as recently as 1998 by [[Bopearachchi]].

The modern view, embraced by R. C. Senior and probably more solid since it is founded on numismatical analyses, suggests that Strato I was a later king, perhaps ruling from 110–85&nbsp;BCE, though perhaps still a descendant of [[Agathokleia]]. In this case, [[Agathokleia]] was the widow of another king, possibly [[King Nicias|Nicias]] or [[Theophilos (king)|Theophilus]].

A third hypothesis was presented in 2007 by J. Jakobsson:<ref>Jakobsson, J. ''Relations between the Indo-Greek kings after Menander I, part 2'', Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society 193, 2007</ref> according to this, the coins of Strato in fact belong to two kings who both may have ruled around 105–80 BCE, though in different territories: 
* '''Strato Soter and Dikaios''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: ''ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝ Ο ΣΩΤΗΡ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣ'' "Strato the saviour and just/righteous"), was Agathokleia's son.
* '''Strato Epiphanes Soter''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: ''ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝ Ο ΕΠΙΦΑΝΗΣ ΣΩΤΗΡ'' "Strato the illustrious, saviour"), was a middle-aged king who may have been Agathokleia's brother and ruled in western Punjab.
This theory was based on difference in titles, in monograms and coin types between the two.