Did the eastern Greeks of the Hellenistic age (Greco-Bactrians, Indo-Greeks, etc.) derive entirely from soldiers who accompanied Alexander, or were there later migrations to the new colonies?
Funny enough, Greek colonies there actually pre dated Alexander's conquests.
I know some of the nobility and royalty in Greco-Bactria were actually born in Greece as late as the 2nd century BCE, so there was clearly still a significant degree of mobility there even as the Seleucids faded in the face of Parthian expansion.
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PugJesus@piefed.social · 1 pts · 136d
Funny enough, Greek colonies there actually pre dated Alexander's conquests.
I know some of the nobility and royalty in Greco-Bactria were actually born in Greece as late as the 2nd century BCE, so there was clearly still a significant degree of mobility there even as the Seleucids faded in the face of Parthian expansion.