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Strato I (Greek: ), was an Indo-Greek king who was the son of the Indo-Greek queen Agathokleia, who presumably acted as his regent during his early years after Strato's father, another Indo-Greek king, was killed. ==Date and genealogy== Until recently, consensus was that he ruled between c. 130–110 BCE in Northern India and that his father was the great king Menander I. Menander ruled the entire Indo-Greek empire, but in this scenario, the western parts including Paropamisade and Arachosia, gained independence after the death of Menander I, pushing Strato and Agathokleia eastwards to Gandhar and Punjab. This view was introduced by Tarn and defended as late as 1998 by Bopearachchi. The modern view, embraced by R. C. Senior and probably more solid since it is founded on numismatical analyses, suggests that Strato I was a later king, perhaps ruling from 110–85 BCE, though perhaps still a descendant of Agathokleia. In this case, Agathokleia was the widow of another king, possibly Nicias or Theophilus. A third hypothesis was presented in 2007 by J. Jakobsson:〔Jakobsson, J. ''Relations between the Indo-Greek kings after Menander I, part 2'', Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society 193, 2007〕 according to this, the coins of Strato in fact belong to two kings who both may have ruled around 105–80 BCE, though in different territories: * Strato Soter and Dikaios (Greek: ''ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝ Ο ΣΩΤΗΡ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣ'' "Strato the saviour and just/righteous"), was Agathokleia's son. * Strato Epiphanes Soter (Greek: ''ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝ Ο ΕΠΙΦΑΝΗΣ ΣΩΤΗΡ'' "Strato the illustrious, saviour"), was a middle-aged king who may have been Agathokleia's brother and ruled in western Punjab. This theory was based on difference in titles, in monograms and coin types between the two. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Strato I」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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