Diodotid dynasty
| Diodotid dynasty | |
|---|---|
Coin of Diodotus Soter, with thundering Zeus serving as the symbol of the Diodotids | |
| Country | Greco-Bactria |
| Founded | c. 255 BC |
| Founder | Diodotus I |
| Final ruler | Diodotus II |
| Titles | |
| Dissolution | c. 225 BC |
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The Diodotid dynasty was a Hellenistic dynasty founded by Seleucid viceroy Diodotus I Soter c. 255 BC, ruling the far-eastern Kingdom of Bactria. The Diodotids were the first independent Greek kings to rule in Bactria.
The origins of Diodotids are unknown. Antiochus Nicator, a proposed Greco-Bactrian King c. 230s BC, would have belonged to the Diodotid dynasty (his existence as a distinct Greco-Bactrian ruler is controversial and his coins may have represented Seleucid authority). Diodotus II Theos was the last Diodotid ruler of Bactria. His reign was marked for his controversial alliance with the Parthians against the Seleucid Empire. Diodotus II was deposed c. 235-225 BC by Euthydemus, founder of the Euthydemid dynasty, thus ending the dynasty's rule over the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom.