Eucratideia
Sign in to saveEucratideia () was an ancient town in Bactria mentioned by a few ancient writers. It was most likely a foundation of Eucratides I who is the more important ruler of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom with the name Eucratides. Not much is known about this city and it might be just a renaming of an already existing town rather than a new foundation. Renaming of cities was a common practise in the ancient world. The most likely candidate is Ai-Khanoum, although Dilbarjin is another candidate.
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Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Eucratideia, and connects out to Greek, Ptolemy and Strabo.
It is catalogued under the topic Bactrian and Indian Hellenistic colonies.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Eucratideia () was an ancient town in Bactria mentioned by a few ancient writers. It was most likely a foundation of Eucratides I who is the more important ruler of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom with the name Eucratides. Not much is known about this city and it might be just a renaming of an already existing town rather than a new foundation. Renaming of cities was a common practise in the ancient world. The most likely candidate is Ai-Khanoum, although Dilbarjin is another candidate.
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