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Pantaleon ( Greek: ) was a Greek king who reigned some time between 190–180 BCE in Bactria and India. He was a younger contemporary or successor of the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius, and is sometimes believed to have been his brother and/or subking. He was the first Greek king to strike Indian coins, peculiar irregular bronzes which suggests he had his base in Arachosia and Gandhara and wanted support from the native population.
The limited size of his coinage indicates a short reign. Known evidence suggests that he was replaced by his (probable) brother or son Agathocles, by whom he was commemorated on a "pedigree" coin. Some of his coins (as well as those of Agathocles and Euthydemus II) have another surprising characteristic: they are made of copper-nickel alloy, a technology that would not be developed in the West until the 18th century, but was known by the Chinese at the time. This suggests that exchanges of the metallic alloy or technicians happened between China and the region of Bactria.
Pantaleon was an early 2nd century BC Greco-Bactrian king
Pantaleon may also refer to:
- Pantaleon of Pydna (4th century BC), Macedonian officer under Alexander the Great
- Pantaleon of Pleuron (3rd century BC), Aetolian general
- Saint Pantaleon (died 303), Christian martyr
- Jacques Pantaléon (1195–1264), Patriarch of Jerusalem, later Pope Urban IV
- Pantalon, musical instrument, a variation of the hammered dulcimer
- Pantaleon y las visitadoras, is a film based on the eponymous comic novel by Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa (2010 Nobel Prize in Literature).
Usage examples of "pantaleon".
And then, about eight days ago, I sent you by another courier a letter endorsed by Francisco Soria, and these letters are directed to Pantaleon and Agostin Italian, that they may give it to you.
The Corregidor, Santiago Pindo and Don Pantaleon Caynari, in their love for us, have written to us of certain birds which they desire we will send them for the King.
He died at Reims on the 11th of October 965, and was buried in the church of St Pantaleon at Cologne.
I turned the packet over to the major-domo of my villa, a trustworthy enough Sicilian freedman named Pantaleon, and told him exactly what would happen to him if any harm came to a single page while I was away.
Greek and Latin materials, and we are indebted to him for a correct state of the fleet, the names of the fifty Venetian nobles who commanded the galleys of the republic, and the patriot opposition of Pantaleon Barbus to the choice of the doge for emperor.
Father Roubert was about to explain that Saint Nazarius was a good deal better known than Saint Pantaleon, but the Count interrupted him.
The Corregidor, Santiago Pindo and Don Pantaleon Caynari, in their love for us, have written to us of certain birds which they desire we will send them for the King.