Megabazus

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Megabazus
European Scythian campaign of Darius I
Darius' Thracian campaign
Unknown others
ChildrenMegabates[2]
Oebares II
Bubares
Pherendates[3]
RelationsMegabates (father)
Achaemenid army, wearing the petasos or kausia, c.480 BC.[5]
Megabazus became satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia.

Megabazus (

Ancient Greek: Μεγαβάζος and Μεγάβυζος), son of Megabates, was a highly regarded Persian general under Darius, to whom he was a first-degree cousin. Most of the information about Megabazus comes from The Histories by Herodotus
.

Scythian campaign (513 BC)

Megabazus led the army of the Persian King

Hellespont. The Persian troops first subjugated gold-rich Thrace after capturing Perinthos and the coastal Greek cities, and then defeated the powerful Paeonians, many of whom he deported to Phrygia.[6][7]

Subjugation of Macedon

Finally, Megabazus sent envoys to

Darius I.[10]

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

Daskyleion
.

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)

Daskyleion (Hellespontine Phrygia) in 493 BC.[12][1]

Daskyleion in the early 470s.[1][13]

Sons

References

  1. ^ a b c d Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org.
  2. ^ "Megabazus - Livius". www.livius.org.
  3. ^ "Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor". asiaminor.ehw.gr.
  4. ^ "DNa - Livius". www.livius.org.
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  6. . Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Persian influence on Greece (2)". Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  8. . Retrieved 17 December 2014.
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  11. ^ "Perseus Under Philologic: Hdt. 5.25.1". Archived from the original on 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  12. ^ "LacusCurtius • Herodotus — Book VI: Chapters 1‑42". penelope.uchicago.edu.
  13. ^ Thucydides, 1.129; Herodotus, 5.32-35, 6.32

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