1. Diodotus II Theos was the son and successor of Diodotus I Soter, who rebelled against the Seleucid empire, establishing the Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom.
12 Facts About Diodotus II
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Diodotus II probably ruled alongside his father as co-regent, before succeeding him as sole king around 235 BC.
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Diodotus II prevented Seleucid efforts to reincorporate Bactria back into the empire, by allying with the Parthians against them.
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Diodotus II was murdered around 225 BC by Euthydemus I, who succeeded him as king.
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The process culminated in Diodotus II I's proclamation of himself as king sometime between 255 and 245 BC.
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Coinage minted under Diodotus II I derives from two separate mints.
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Diodotus II suggests that Diodotus was entrusted with control of a portion of the realm that included the second mint.
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The location of the region under Diodotus II's control is unknown; Holt tentatively suggests that he controlled the western region which was exposed to raids from Parthia and had his base at Bactra.
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Diodotus II I remained opposed to the Parni and thus aligned with the Seleucids.
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Sometime after this, around 225 BC, Diodotus II was killed by Euthydemus I, who usurped the throne and founded the Euthydemid dynasty.
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Diodotus II largely continued the minting patterns laid down by his father.
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Diodotus II proposes that the small series C was minted at the main mint in order to establish Diodotus II's position as heir apparent of the whole kingdom.