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\u201cIn this battle, Antiochus\u2019 horse was wounded and killed, and the king himself was struck through the mouth and lost some of his teeth.\xa0 On the whole, he acquired on that occasion the greatest reputation for valor.\xa0 Because of this battle, Euthydemus was caught off guard and retreated with his forces into the Bactrian city of Zariaspa.\u201d \u2013 Polybius, The Histories, 10.49\xa0\nSynopsis: After the death of Alexander the Great, Bactria came under Seleucid rule before gaining its independence under the Diodotid and Euthydemid kings.\xa0 In the second part of my interview with historian and author Tristan Hughes, we discuss how the Bactrian Kingdom was born, preserved itself against multiple attempts at Seleucid reconquest, and finally met its end.\xa0\n\xa0\nTristan Hughes @BattlesAncients on Twitter\n\xa0\nBattles of the Ancients website www.turningpointsoftheancientworld.com\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices