S50 Major Tod's Account of Greek, Parthian, and Hindu Medals. 



Iiim an opportunity to re-enter Parthia. Seleucus, having prevailed over 

 his rival, resumed his Parthian expedition ; but the second Theodotus, who 

 had succeeded to the Bactrian throne, formed a close alliance with Tiridates, 

 and sent him a large body of Bactrian troops, by whose aid Tiridates 

 defeated, and made captive, the Assyrian monarch. The day, on which 

 this battle was fought, became the anniversary* of the foundation of Parthian 

 liberty. This alliancet sealed the independence of both states; and, to 

 this opportune succour, afforded by Theodotus, we may ascribe the epithet 

 we have mentioned, as freely retained by the successive Arsacid*, from a 

 grateful recollection. 



It is somewhat singular, that, while there is an abundance of medals of 

 the first Arsacidae, we should have so few of the Bactrian princes, and none 

 of the founders ; and that of two so conspicuous, as Apollodotus and 

 Menander, those under our consideration, the only memorials of them 

 should have been found upon the Yamuna, which is a decided proof of the 

 extent of their conquests, and influence. 



The names of nine princes have been, by various authorities, brought 

 forwards, as appertaining to Bactria ; but not only is the order of their 

 succession liable to doubt, but some are asserted, by good authority, never 

 to have reigned in Bactiia at all, but to have belonged to a collateral 

 dynasty, within the Indus ; and of these, Bayer pronounces Apollodotus 

 to be one. 



To illustrate the subject, I shall here insert his catalogue of princes: — 



1. Theodotus I. 



2. Theodotus II. 



3. Euthydemus. 



4. Menander ; Rex IndiiE et Bactrianae. 



5. Eucratides I. 



6. Eucratides II. 

 To these have been added, 



7. Apollodotus. 



8. Deiiietrius. 



9. Heliocles. 



* Lewis, Parthian Empire, page 14. 



+ This alliance is ascribed, by the author of the Anc. Univ. Hist., vol. iii. page 846, to 

 Theodotus I., but erroneously : he, to his death, remained jealous of the Parthian. 



