User:HistoryofIran/Datames
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Datames | |
|---|---|
Achaemenids) | |
| Battles/wars | Great Satraps' Revolt |
| Relations | Camisares (father) Scythissa (mother) Ariamnes (son) Sysinas (son) |
Datames (
romanized: Datámēs; 407 BC – 362 BC) was an Iranian military leader, who served as the governor (satrap) of the Achaemenid satrapy of Cappadocia
from 380 BC to 362 BC.
Etymology
"Datames" is the
Aramaic as Tadanmu.[2]
Background
Datames was born in c. 407.Persian noble-family, that settled in Caria, and was one of those nobles who sided with Artaxerxes II during the revolt of Cyrus the Younger.[5] Datames' mother was a Paphlagonian princess named Scythissa, who was married to Camisares sometime before 401 BC.[6]
Coinage
Notes
References
- ^ Sekunda 1988, p. 35; Schmitt 1994, pp. 115–117
- ^ Sekunda 1988, p. 35.
- ^ Sekunda 1988, p. 38; Schmitt 1994, pp. 115–117
- ^ Bing 1998, p. 44; Sekunda 1988, p. 36
- ^ Bing 1998, p. 44; Sekunda 1988, p. 36
- ^ Sekunda 1988, p. 37.
Sources
- Bing, J. Daniel (1998). "Datames and Mazaeus: The Iconography of Revolt and Restoration in Cilicia". Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte. 47 (1): 41–76. JSTOR 4436493. (registration required)
- ISBN 9781575061207.
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (1994). "Datames". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VII, Fasc. 2. pp. 115–117.
- Sekunda, Nicholas Victor (1988). "Some Notes on the Life of Datames". Iran. 26. Taylor & Francis, Ltd.: 35–53. JSTOR 4299799. (registration required)