Tennes
Tennes | |
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pentekonter sailing left. Date above (here faint), waves below. King of Persia standing right, holding up lion by lock of mane; Aramaic letters taw and ayin between. | |
Allegiance | Achaemenid Empire |
Years of service | Circa 351-346 BC |
Rank | King of Sidon |
Battles/wars | Revolt against the Achaemenid Empire |
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Rebellion of Sidon against the Achaemenid Empire
Soon after the failure of the Egyptian campaign of the Achaemenid ruler
After this, Artaxerxes personally led an army of 330,000 men against
The approach of Artaxerxes sufficiently weakened the resolution of Tennes that he endeavoured to purchase his own pardon by delivering up 100 principal citizens of Sidon into the hands of the Persian king, and then admitting Artaxerxes within the defences of the town. Artaxerxes had the 100 citizens transfixed with javelins, and when 500 more came out as supplicants to seek his mercy, Artaxerxes consigned them to the same fate. Sidon was then burnt to the ground, either by Artaxerxes or by the Sidonian citizens. Forty thousand people died in the conflagration.[9] Artaxerxes sold the ruins at a high price to speculators, who calculated on reimbursing themselves by the treasures which they hoped to dig out from among the ashes.[10]
Tennes was put to death by Artaxerxes III in 346-345 BC.[2][11] Artaxerxes later sent Jews who supported the revolt to Hyrcania, on the south coast of the Caspian Sea.[12][13]
References
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, 16.42–16.45
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- ^ Elayi 2006.
- ^ Sagona, C. (ed.), Beyond the Homeland: Markers in Phoenician Chronology (Leuven, 2008), p. 105
- ^ Sagona, C. (ed.), Beyond the Homeland: Markers in Phoenician Chronology (Leuven, 2008), p. 106
- ISBN 9780520226142.
- ISBN 9781405154697.
- ISBN 9780521200912.
- ^ a b "Artaxerxes III Ochus (358 BC to 338 BC)". Retrieved March 2, 2008.
- ^ Rawlinson, George (1889). "Phœnicia under the Persians". History of Phoenicia. Longmans, Green. Archived from the original on July 20, 2006. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
- ^ Meyer, Eduard (1911). Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 661–663. . In
- ^ "The Legend Of Gog And Magog". Archived from the original on March 15, 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
- ISBN 0-8028-0966-9.
Bibliography
- Elayi, Josette (2006). "An updated chronology of the reigns of Phoenician kings during the Persian period (539–333 BCE)" (PDF). Digitorient. Collège de France – UMR7912. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-30.