Teos ruled co-regent with his father Nectanebo I from 365 BC.
As soon as he took over, he attacked the Persians. In order to pay for his plans, he confiscated money from temple treasuries, earning him the enmity of the clergy.
His attack on the Persians was a fiasco, his own generals disagreed with him and eventually abandoned him military and fled to Persia.
He was overthrown by his nephewNectanebo II with the aid of Agesilaus II of Sparta and was forced to flee to Persia.