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Euthydemus was allegedly a native of Magnesia and possible Satrap of Sogdiana, who overturned the dynasty of Diodotus of Bactria and became a Greco-Bactrian king in about 230 BC according to Polybius. Strabo, on the other hand, correlates his accession with internal Seleucid wars in 223/ 221 BC.

Little is known of his reign until 208 BC when he was attacked by Antiochus III the Great, whom he tried in vain to resist on the shores of the river Arius, the modern Herirud. The war lasted three years, and Euthydemus was besieged in his capital Bactra (modern BalkhBalkh is now a small town in the Province of Balkh, Afghanistan, about 20 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital. Mazar-i-Sharif, and some 46 miles (74 km) south of the Amu Darya, the Oxus River of antiquity, which formerly flowed past Balkh.). But Antiochus saw that he was not able to subdue Bactria and Sogdiana, and so in 206Centuries: 4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 211 BC 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC Events Second Puni concluded a peace with Euthydemus, in which he recognized his legitimacy, also promising to betroth one of his daughters to Euthydemus' son DemetriusDemetrius Greek king of Bactria, is a legend as well as an enigma. Mentioned by Geoffrey Chaucer ("D, lord of Ind") and a hero of Indian folklore under the folk-etymological name Dharma-Mithra he is mainly known from coins. Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius (.

There exist many coins of Euthydemus, portraying him as a young, middle-aged and old man. Some of them could be memorative issues by his son and a later king, AgathoclesAgathocles was one of the Greco-Indian kings around 180 BC. He was contemporary with or a successor of king Pantaleon. Agathocles was one of the sons of Euthydemus I, and a brother of Demetrius I. Indo-Greek kings.. The attribution of some of his coins (the younger portraits) to a second Euthydemus has been suggested but the evidence is very vague. The end of his reign can not be fixed, but he was succeeded by Demetrius, who went on to conquer northern IndiaThe Republic of India is a large multicultural country in South Asia, with a population of over one billion. The Indian economy is the fourth largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity, and is the world's second-fastest growing economy..