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Macedonian Kingdom of Bactria
256 - 55 BC
Bactria was located in the far north-east of Persia.
Following Alexander the Great's conquest of Central and Eastern Persia in 331 BC, the
Greek Empire ruled the region until Alexander's death in 323 BC and the
subsequent regency period which ended in 310 BC.
Following that latter period and several wars, the region was left in the hands of the
Seleucid Empire from 305 BC.
Bactria was governed by Macedonian satraps, who became independent kings once Bactria had been cut off from the
Seleucids by Parthian
incursion into Central Persia. The chronology of the Indo-Bactrian rulers is
based largely on numismatic evidence (coinage). Other records are relatively
sparse. |
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