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| name = Euthydemus II<br />
| title = <br />
| image = Tetradrachm Euthydemus II obverse NMAT RN474-2.jpg<br />
| image_size = 230px<br />
| caption = [[Tetradrachm]] of Euthydemus II (185–180 BC) with his portrait, found on the banks of the [[Nurek Dam|Nurek Reservoir]], [[Tajikistan]].<br />
| reign = c. 180 BC<br />
| birth_date = c. 200 BC<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = c. 180 BC<br />
| death_place = Bactria<br />
| predecessor = [[Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]]<br />
| successor = [[Eucratides I]]<br />
| royal house = [[Euthydemid dynasty]]<br />
| father = [[Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]]<br />
| mother = Daughter of [[Antiochus III]]<br />
| issue = <br />
| place of burial = <br />
| religion = <br />
}}<br />
'''Euthydemus II''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Εὐθύδημος Β΄}}) was a [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom|Greco-Bactrian]] king who ruled in [[Bactria]] in 185-180 BCE.<br />
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==Rule==<br />
Son of [[Demetrius I of Bactria]], Euthydemus II became king in the 180s BCE, either after his father's death or as a sub-king to him. The style and rare nickel alloys of his coins associates him closely in time with the king [[Agathocles of Bactria|Agathocles]] but their precise relation remains uncertain. Euthydemus is pictured as a boy on his coins and most likely died very young.<br />
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He was the last [[Euthydemid dynasty|Euthydemid]] ruler of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom and perhaps related with king [[Xiutu]] of Gansu.<ref>Lucas, Christopoulos; Dionysian rituals and the Golden Zeus of China pp. http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp326_dionysian_rituals_china.pdf pp.68-112 </ref><br />
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==Coinage==<br />
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File:Dinastia indo-battriana, tetradracma di euthydemos II, 190-185 ac ca.JPG|Portrait of young Euthydemus II.<br />
Image:EuthydemusIICoin.jpg|Silver coin of King Euthydemus II. With Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ, "Of King Euthydemus".<br />
File:Euthydemos II Circa 185-180 BC.jpg|Euthydemos II (185-180 BCE). With Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ, "Of King Euthydemus".<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]]<br />
* [[Seleucid Empire]]<br />
* [[Greco-Buddhism]]<br />
* [[Indo-Scythians]]<br />
* [[Indo-Parthian Kingdom]]<br />
* [[Kushan Empire]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* ''The Greeks in Bactria and India'', [[William Woodthorpe Tarn|W. W. Tarn]], Cambridge University Press.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://coinindia.com/galleries-euthydemos2.html Catalogue of Coins of Euthydemus II]<br />
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