Lydia (satrapy)
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The Satrapy of Lydia, known as Sparda in Old Persian (Old Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭, Sparda),[1] was an administrative province (satrapy) of the Achaemenid Empire, located in the ancient kingdom of Lydia, with Sardis as its capital.
Achaemenid satrapy
Ionian revolt (499 BC)
During the
After this period, many Persians settled in Lydia. The worship of eastern gods such as
Invasion of Greece (480-479 BC)
Artaphernes was succeeded as satrap in 492 BC by his son
From the period of 480 BC to 440 BC, there is little historical information about the satrap of Lydia. In 440 BC, the satrap Pissuthnes attempted to retake Samos, which had rebelled against Athens, but failed. In 420 BC, Pissuthnes revolted against the Persian king Darius II. The Persian soldier and statesman Tissaphernes (Pers. Tiθrafarna, Gr. Τισσαφέρνης), a grandson of Hydarnes, was sent by Darius II to Lydia to arrest and execute Pissuthnes. Tissaphernes became satrap of Lydia in 415 BC and continued to fight Amorges, son of Pissuthnes.
After
Autophradates was probably Tiribazus' direct successor, and was loyal to the Achaemenid monarch during a series of revolts in 370 BC. The last satrap of Lydia was Spithridates, who was killed by Alexander the Great at the battle of Granicus.
Satraps
- Tabalus (c. 546–545 BC)
- Mazares (c. 545–544 BC)
- Harpagus (c. 544 BC)
- Oroetus (before c. 530–520 BC)
- Bagaeus (c. 520 BC)
- Otanes (c. 517 BC)
- Artaphernes I(c. 513–492 BC)
- Artaphernes II(492–after 480 BC)
- Pissuthnes (before c. 440–415 BC)
- Tissaphernes (c. 415–408 BC)
- Cyrus the Younger (c. 408–401 BC)
- Tissaphernes (c. 400–395 BC)
- Tiribazus (born c. 395 BC)
- Autophradates (c. 365 BC)
- Spithridates (died before c. 334 BC)
See also
References
- ^ Darius I, DNa inscription, Line 28
- ISBN 9780300180077.
- ^ Herodotus. LacusCurtius • Herodotus — Book VII: Chapters 1‑56. pp. VII-26.
External links
- Lendering, Jona. Lydia — Livius.org (accessed 18 January 2013)