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Greek Baktrian Kingdom Demetrios I Aniketos - BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY
Demetrios I Aniketos succeeded his father Euthydemos in circa 200 BC, inheriting a conflict with the Seleukid king Antiochos III. Reportedly impressed with the young prince Demetrios who conducted the treaty negotiations on behalf of his father Euthydemos, Antiochos III, judging from his appearance, conversation and the dignity of his manners that he was worthy of royal power, first promised to give him one of his own daughters, and secondly conceded the royal title to his father [Polybius 11.34]. Thus Demetrios I began his reign in the same vein as he maintained it, victorious, giving rise to his posthumous epithet aniketos, meaning the unconquered, since he...
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Demetrios I Aniketos succeeded his father Euthydemos in circa 200 BC, inheriting a conflict with the Seleukid king Antiochos III. Reportedly impressed with the young prince Demetrios who conducted the treaty negotiations on behalf of his father Euthydemos, Antiochos III, judging from his appearance, conversation and the dignity of his manners that he was worthy of royal power, first promised to give him one of his own daughters, and secondly conceded the royal title to his father [Polybius 11.34]. Thus Demetrios I began his reign in the same vein as he maintained it, victorious, giving rise to his posthumous epithet aniketos, meaning the unconquered, since he...
Okumaya devam et...
Greek Baktrian Kingdom Demetrios I Aniketos
Demetrios I Aniketos succeeded his father Euthydemos in circa 200 BC, inheriting a conflict with the Seleukid king Antiochos III.