Satrap
There are 43 items in Satrap:
Pissuthnes
Pissuthnes (Old Persian Pišišyaothna; c.470-c.415): Persian satrap of Lydia, revolted against king Darius II Nothus in 420-415 BCE. Achaemenid nobleman Pissuthnes was…Pixodarus
Pixodarus: satrap of Caria between 340 and 334, last ruler from the Hecatomnid dynasty.Pixodarus was the youngest son of Hecatomnus, who had obtained the satrapy of Caria in 392/391. He had been succeeded by his oldest son Maussolus, his oldest…
Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief |
Tissaphernes
Tissaphernes (c.445-395): Persian nobleman, satrap of Lydia.Early Career The citadel of Sardes, seen from the west Tissaphernes belonged to one of the…Vivana
Vivâna: Persian satrap (governor) of Arachosia in 521 BCE. Achaemenid nobleman During the troubles after the death of the Persian king Cambyses…
Xanthus, Tomb of the Nereids, Relief of a satrap receiving visitors |
Zopyrus
Zopyrus: a Persian nobleman who may have played a role during the capture of Babylon by the Persian king Darius I the Great in December 522 BCE. The story is told by the Greek researcher Herodotus and can be read…