List of Achaemenid satraps of Cappadocia
This article lists the Achaemenid satraps of Cappadocia, an ancient region in central Anatolia. The Satrapy of Capadocia was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire until its conquest by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE.
Satraps of Cappadocia, c. 400–331 BCE
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- Cyrus the Younger, 408–401 BCE. Son of Darius II who held the satrapies of Lydia (including Ionia), Greater Phrygia, and Cappadocia. He died in 401 in battle during a failed attempt to oust his elder brother, Artaxerxes II, from the Persian throne.
- (uncertain) Camisares, c. 400-385 BCE. Damates inherited his father's satrapy. According to Diodorus Siculus, he was the satrap of Cappadocia, but according to Cornelius Nepos, he was the satrap of Cilicia.[1] Around 370 BCE, Datames launched a revolt against king Artaxerxes II.[1]
- (uncertain) Datames, c. 380s–362 BCE.[2] According to Diodorus Siculus, he was the satrap of Cappadocia, but according to Cornelius Nepos, he was the satrap of Cilicia.[1] Around 370 BCE, Datames launched a revolt against king Artaxerxes II.[1]
- Ariamnes or Ariaramnes,[3] 362–350 BCE. According to Siculus, he was the son of Datames, and 'Ariamnes ruled for fifty years and died without achieving anything worthy of note.'[3]
- Mithrobuzanes, died 334 BCE.[4] (Upper Cappadocia)
- Abistamenes or Sabictas,[5][6], c. 334–320s BCE.[4] (Upper Cappadocia). He is called Sabictas by Arrian,[7] and was almost certainly a native Cappadocian.[8]
- Ariarathes I, 340s–331 BCE[4][9] (Lower Cappadocia)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bing 1998, p. 41.
- ^ Bing 1998, p. 42.
- ^ a b Diodorus Siculus. "LacusCurtius • Diodorus Siculus — Book XXXI Chapters 18‑45". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ a b c Weiskopf 1990, p. 780–786.
- ^ Smith, William (1867). "Abistamenes". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2005-12-31. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
- ^ Curtius Rufus III. 4
- ^ Anab. ii. 4.
- ^ Bosworth, Albert Brian (1993). Conquest and Empire: The Reign of Alexander the Great. Cambridge University Press. pp. 231. ISBN 0-521-40679-X.
- ^ Dusinberre 2013, p. 37.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bing, J. Daniel (1998). "Datames and Mazaeus: The Iconography of Revolt and Restoration in Cilicia". Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte. 47 (1): 41–76. JSTOR 4436493. (registration required)
- Dusinberre, Elspeth R. M. (2013). Empire, Authority, and Autonomy in Achaemenid Anatolia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107577152.
- Olmstead, A. T. (1948). History of the Persian Empire (PDF). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 670. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- Weiskopf, Michael (1990). "Cappadocia". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. IV: Bāyju–Carpets XIV. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 780–786. ISBN 978-0-71009-132-1.