Megabazus
Megabazus | |
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European Scythian campaign of Darius I Darius' Thracian campaign Unknown others | |
Children | Megabates[2] Oebares II Bubares Pherendates[3] |
Relations | Megabates (father) |
Megabazus (
Scythian campaign (513 BC)
Megabazus led the army of the Persian King
Subjugation of Macedon
Finally, Megabazus sent envoys to
Disagreements arose when the members of the Persian delegation insulting the Macedonians by fraternising with their wives. The Macedonian prince Alexander I reacted to this by murdering several Persian diplomats and their followers. The conflict was later settled with the marriage of one of Megabazus' sons, Bubares, to the Macedonian princess Gygaia, a daughter of Amyntas.[9][1]
After his return to Asia Minor, Megabazus received the governorship of the province (satrapy) of
Rivalry with Histiaeus
Megabazus was suspicious of Histiaeus, tyrant of Miletus, and advised Darius to bring him to the Persian capital of Susa to keep a closer eye on him. His suspicions turned out to be well founded as Histiaeus provoked a revolt in the town of which he was formally in charge and later sided with the Greeks against Persia. The successor to Megabazus' command was Otanes (son of Sisamnes).[11]
Family
According to Herodotus (Herodotus 6.33)
Sons
- Daskyleionc. 493 BC
- Bubares: managing engineer of the Athos Canal of Xerxes I
- Megabates: Achaemenid fleet commander and satrap of Daskyleion
- Pherendates: died c. 485 BC while satrap of Egypt.
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- ^ Thucydides, 1.129; Herodotus, 5.32-35, 6.32