Thundering Zeus: The Making of Hellenistic Bactria (Hellenistic Culture and Society)

by Frank L Holt (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $89.28

  Explores the remarkable rise of a Greek-ruled kingdom in ancient Bactria (modern Afghanistan) during the third century BC Diodotus I and II, whose dynasty emblazoned its coins with the dynamic image of Thundering Zeus, led this historic movement by breaking free of the Seleucid Empire and building a strong independent state in Central Asia.