- 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'...
- The
Northern Satraps (Brahmi: , Kṣatrapa, "
Satraps" or , Mahakṣatrapa, "Great
Satraps"), or
sometimes Satraps of Mathura, or
Northern Sakas, are a dynasty...
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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...
- 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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empire by
dividing it into
administrative provinces, each
governed by a
satrap. He
organized Achaemenid coinage as a new
uniform monetary system, and he...
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Philotas (Gr****: Φιλώτας;
lived 4th
century BC) was a
Macedonian officer in the
service of
Alexander the Great, who
commanded one
taxis or
division of...
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Hydarnes (Old Persian: 𐎻𐎡𐎭𐎼𐎴, romanized: Vidṛna), also
known as Idernes, was a
Persian nobleman, who was
active during the
reign of
Darius II (r. 423 – 404...
- 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...
