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Euthydemus II

Graeco-Bactrian king in c. 200–180 BC

Field	Value
name	Euthydemus II
image	Euthydemos II Circa 185-180 BC.jpg
image_size	275
caption	Tetradrachm of Euthydemus II (185–180 BC) with his portrait on the obverse wearing a diadem.
reign	c. 180 BC
birth_date	c. 200 BC
death_date	c. 180 BC
death_place	Bactria
predecessor	Demetrius I
successor	Eucratides I
royal house	Euthydemid dynasty
father	Demetrius I
mother	Daughter of Antiochus III

Euthydemus II (Greek: Εὐθύδημος, Euthýdēmos) was a Greco-Bactrian king who ruled in Bactria in 185–180 BCE.

Rule

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.

Gallery

File: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. File:Euthydemos II.jpg|Silver coin of Euthydemus II. Reverse with standing Heracles holding club. Greek legend reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ, "Of King Euthydemus". File: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.

Notes

References

The Greeks in Bactria and India, W. W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.

References

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

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