Diodotus I Soter (Greek: Διόδοτος Σωτήρ, Diódotos Sōtḗr; c. 300 BC – c. 235 BC) was the first Hellenistic king of Bactria. Diodotus was initially satrap...
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Ptolemaic cult of Alexander the Great (section Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II / Cleopatra II (145–141 BC))
few exceptions, the tenures were reduced to a single year. Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus (r. 282–246 BC), Alexander's body was brought to the sēma, and...
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Diodotus II Theos (Greek: Διόδοτος Θεός, Diódotos Theós; died c. 225 BC) was the son and successor of Diodotus I Soter, who rebelled against the Seleucid...
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edu". Thucydides 5.50.4 Bowra (1960) p.69. The Anabasis of Alexander/Book II/Chapter XIV/Alexander’s Treatment of the Captured Greek Ambassadors.—Submission...
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chronology (c. 246 BC) for Diodotos' secession. The high chronology has the advantage of explaining why the Seleucid king Antiochus II issued very few coins...
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defeated by Demetrios' son Demetrios II. The battle for the throne was now between him and the general Diodotos Tryphon, which strengthened Jonathan's...
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south of Palmyra. "dydṭs ' bd // psps d'hw // wbnwhy MR" – Translation: Diodotos made this floor, him and his sons MR. Southern 2008, p. 44. Ball 2002,...
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