The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s6.150

c10.s6.150

The rising which placed Amyntas on the throne can hardly have taken place during Maues' lifetime; it would be natural to suppose that it followed promptly upon his death, which provided an opportunity; possibly too it was inspired by, or connected with, the Greek victory on the Jhelum. Now Hermaeus conquered the Paropamisadae before 48 B.C. (p. 342) and cannot therefore have come to the throne later than about 50; Maues was certainly dead before Hermaeus' conquest, and the most likely *a priori* chronology would be that Maues died and Amyntas came to the throne in Alexandria somewhere round about 60 B.C.