Heliocles I.
Heliocles I (approx. 145 to 130 BC) was a Greco-Bactrian king. He is only known from his coins. He may have been a son of Eucratides I. In Junianus Justin is reported that Eucratides I. was murdered by his son on a India campaign. The son's name is not mentioned, but it could be Heliocles, who then reigned as king. It is believed that Heliocles I was also at war in India. He was probably the last Greek ruler of Bactia before it was conquered by the Yuezhi .
literature
- Walter Otto : Heliokles 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 1, Stuttgart 1912, Col. 45 f.
- William W. Tarn: The Greeks in Bactria and India. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1951, pp. 218, 223, 271-272.
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| SURNAME | Heliocles I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC Chr. |