Mazaces

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Mazaces
Satrap of Egypt
Satrap of Mesopotamia
Coin of Mazakes as Satrap of Mesopotamia in the Alexandrine Empire. 331-323-2 BC. Obverse: Athena. Reverse: Athenian owl, MZDK (𐡌𐡆𐡃𐡊 in Aramaic).[1]
PredecessorSabaces
SuccessorCleomenes of Naucratis
Dynasty31st Dynasty
PharaohDarius III

Mazaces, also Mazakes (

Achaemenid satrap of ancient Egypt during the late reign of Darius III of the 31st Dynasty of Egypt
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Mazaces succeeded Sabaces after the latter's death at the battle of Issus (333 BCE).[2] His office lasted less than a year: when Alexander the Great invaded Egypt in late 332 BCE, Mazaces did not have enough military force to put up a resistance. Counselled by Amminapes, who knew Alexander well, Mazaces handed the country to the Macedonian without a fight, along with a treasure of 800 talents of gold. This event marked the end of the short–lived second Egyptian satrapy (343–332 BCE).[3][4]

It is unknown what happened to Mazaces after this event, but Alexander assigned the role of satrap of Egypt to the Greek Cleomenes of Naucratis before leaving for the East.[5]

Mazakes may have been nominated as satrap of

Sabakes, are found in this region, and the satrap of Mesopotamia at that time is otherwise unknown.[6][7][8][9]

The next satrap of Mesopotamia was Bleitor.[10]

Preceded by Satrap of Egypt
333 – 332 BCE[11] 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ISBN 9781317918509
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  2. ^ Bresciani, Edda, "EGYPT i. Persians in Egypt in the Achaemenid period," Encyclopædia Iranica, VIII/3, pp. 247-249, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/egypt-i (accessed on 27 May 2018).
  3. Anabasis Alexandri
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  4. ^ Heinen, Heinz, "EGYPT iii. Relations in the Seleucid and Parthian periods," Encyclopaedia Iranica, VIII/3, pp. 250-252, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/egypt-iii (accessed on 27 May 2018).
  5. ^ Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri 3.5
  6. ^ CNG: PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. Mazakes. Satrap of Mesopotamia, circa 331-323/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.21 g, 5h). Imitating Athens.
  7. ISBN 9780904173062
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  8. ISBN 9780871692610
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  9. ^ Praktika tou XII Diethnous Synedriou Klasikēs Archaiologias: Athēna, 4-10 Septembriou 1983 (in French). Hypourgeio Politismou kai Epistēmōn. 1985. p. 246.
  10. ^ CNG: PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. temp. Mazakes – Bleitor. Satraps of Mesopotamia, circa 331-316 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 16.44 g, 6h). Imitating Athens.
  11. ISBN 0-7864-2562-8
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