- A
satrap (/ˈsætrəp/) was a
governor of the
provinces of the
ancient Median and
Persian (Achaemenid)
Empires and in
several of
their successors, such as...
- The
Western Satraps, or
Western Kshatrapas (Brahmi: , Mahakṣatrapa, "Great
Satraps") were Indo-Scythian (Saka)
rulers of the
western and
central parts...
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Satrapes was a god in the
Palmyrene pantheon, the name
occurring in
Syrian inscriptions from
Palmyra and the Hauran.
Pausanias (vi.25, 26)
mentions 'Satrapes'...
- For the
beginning date, see
Robert A. Moysey, “Plutarch,
Nepos and the
Satrapal Revolt of 362/1 B.C.” Historia:
Zeitschrift für Alte
Geschichte 41, no...
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development of
coinage technologies,
Siglos production receded and
numerous satrapal issues of a very high
quality started to
appear in
Western Asia
under the...
- Saka
continued to
govern as satrapies,
forming the
Northern Satraps and
Western Satraps. The
power of the Saka
rulers started to
decline in the 2nd century...
- The
Northern Satraps (Brahmi: , Kṣatrapa, "
Satraps" or , Mahakṣatrapa, "Great
Satraps"), or
sometimes Satraps of Mathura, or
Northern Sakas, are a dynasty...
- Nικάνωρ Nīkā́nōr) was a
Macedonian officer of
distinction who
served as
satrap of
Media under Antigonus (possibly
Nicanor of Stageira, who
served under...
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incorrectly called Achaemenides by Ctesias) was an
Achaemenid general and
satrap of
ancient Egypt during the
early 5th
century BC, at the time of the 27th...
- ****enistic period. It
originated from the
insignia used by the
royal and
satrapal authority in the
Achaemenid Empire. The best
known example was the one...
