I think I should clarify that although Seleukia or the Ptolemaoi had the best chances of reuniting the empire, I have almost done it in my Baktria campaign and so I am speculating purely as to what a Baktrian Alexandrian Empire would have been like.

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If it helps, Justin in his writings refered to the Seleukid realm as Imperium Macedonicum as well as the kings to be Kings of the the Macedonians.
I read an article about this. Isn't that Latin though? What would this be in Greek?

I think this name applies to the Seleukids quite well but, from what I have gathered, the Bactrians were less Macadonian than the Seleukids. I don't really know why I think this but they seem more, well... Bactrian than Macedonian. Feel free to totally disagree.

I can see how the empire may have been fairly accepting of Bactrian rule. After all, what difference does it make to a Syrian whether his king is a Persian, a Macedonian or an Indo-Greek?

I definately feel a mini-AAR coming on, so any constructive debate or information would be very valuable to me. I have lots of questions still.

How would such an empire construct armies? I imagine they would be Phalanx-based as Alexander's were with a large cavalry wing made up of Baktrioi Hippeis and Hallenikoi Kataphractoi as well as the lighter eastern cavalry. I use a lot of Syrian archers too. I even build totally HA armies out of Dahae Riders to police my lands and fight my steppe battles.

How tolerant of non-Hellenes would the Macedonian sovreignty be? Would Indian, Persian and Egyptian nobles be allowed influence in court? Would non-Hellenic subjects be granted full citizenship?

Presumably such a vast nation would be very rich. Would this wealth trickle down to the everyday subject or would it stay with the elite of society?