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Name: Secession of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

Type: Event

Start: 249 BC

End: 245 BC

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Diodotus, the satrap of Bactria founded the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom when he seceded from the Seleucid Empire around 250 BC.

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  • January 249 BC: Diodotus, the satrap of Bactria founded the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom when he seceded from the Seleucid Empire around 250 BC.
  • January 245 BC: Diodotus, the satrap of Bactria, founded the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom when he seceded from the Seleucid Empire. The ancient sources are contradictory, and the exact date of Bactrian independence has not been settled.

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