ri us ▁II . ▁ ▁" E uc rat ides ▁led ▁many ▁wars ▁with ▁great ▁courage , ▁and , ▁while ▁weak ened ▁by ▁them , ▁was ▁put ▁under ▁sie ge ▁by ▁Dem et ri us , ▁king ▁of ▁the ▁Indians . ▁He ▁made ▁numerous ▁sort ies , ▁and ▁managed ▁to ▁van qu ish ▁ 6 0 , 0 0 0 ▁enemies ▁with ▁ 3 0 0 ▁soldiers , ▁and ▁thus ▁liber ated ▁after ▁four ▁months , ▁he ▁put ▁India ▁under ▁his ▁rule " ▁Justin ▁X LI , 6 ▁ ▁Num ism atic ▁evidence ▁suggests ▁that ▁E uc rat ides ▁I ▁was ▁a ▁contemporary ▁of ▁the ▁Ind o - G reek ▁k ings ▁Ap oll odot us ▁I , ▁Ant im ach us ▁II ▁and ▁Men ander ▁I . ▁In ▁any ▁case , ▁E uc rat ides ' ▁adv ances ▁into ▁India ▁are ▁proved ▁by ▁his ▁abund ant ▁b iling ual ▁coin age . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁west ▁the ▁Par th ian ▁king ▁M ith rad ates ▁I ▁began ▁to ▁en large ▁his ▁kingdom ▁and ▁attacked ▁E uc rat ides ; ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Her at ▁fell ▁in ▁ 1 6 7   BC ▁and ▁the ▁Par th ians ▁succeeded ▁in ▁conqu ering ▁two ▁provinces ▁between ▁B act ria ▁and ▁Par th ia , ▁called ▁by ▁Stra bo ▁the ▁country ▁of ▁Asp iones ▁and ▁T uri ua . ▁ ▁E uc rat ides ▁I ▁is ▁most ▁likely ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁E uc rat ide ia . ▁ ▁Death ▁ ▁Justin ▁ends ▁his ▁account ▁of