Phrasaortes
Phrasaortes was a Persian satrap of Persis under Alexander the Great c. 330 BCE.[1] He was a son of Rheomithres.[1] Phrasaortes replaced the Achaemenid satrap Ariobarzanes, who had confronted Alexander at the Battle of the Persian Gate, where he was killed.[2][3]
Phrasaortes died at some point before the return of Alexander from India in 324 BCE.[2][4] He was replaced by Orxines, a Persian noble, without the permission of Alexander, in a direct challenge to Alexander's authority. Orxines was executed by Alexander, and replaced by the Macedonian general Peucestas.[2]
References
- ^ a b Heckel, Waldemar (2008). Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire (1 ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. p. 223. ISBN 978-1405188395.
- ^ a b c Roisman, Joseph (2002). Brill's Companion to Alexander the Great. BRILL. p. 189. ISBN 9789004217553.
- ^ Arr. Anab. 3.18.11
- ^ Arr. Anab. 6.29.2
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Hellenistic satraps
(334-323 BC)
- Ada (Queen of Caria)
- Asander, Menander (Lydia)
- Calas, Demarchus (Hellespontine Phrygia)
- Antigonus (Greater Phrygia)
- Balakros, Menes (Cilicia)
- Abistamenes (Cappadocia)
- Abdalonymus (Sidon)
- Mithrenes (Armenia)
- Mazaeus, Stamenes (Babylon)
- Mazakes (Mesopotamia)
- Abulites (Susiana)
- Oxydates, Atropates (Media)
- Phrasaortes, Oxines, Peucestas (Persis)
- Cleomenes of Naucratis (Egypt)
- Satibarzanes (Aria)
- Sibyrtius (Carmania)
- Autophradates (Tapuri, Mardi)
- Andragoras (Parthia)
- Amminapes, Phrataphernes, Pharismanes (Hyrcania and Parthia)
- Artabazos, Cleitus the Black, Amyntas (Bactria)
- Oxyartes (Paropamisia)
- Philip, Eudemus (India)
- Peithon, son of Agenor (Gandhara)
- Taxiles (Punjab)
- Porus (Indus)
Partition of Babylon
(323 BC)
- Antipater (Macedon and Greece)
- Philo (Illyria)
- Lysimachus (Thrace)
- Leonnatus (Hellespontine Phrygia)
- Antigonus (Phrygia)
- Asander (Caria)
- Nearchus (Lycia and Pamphylia)
- Menander (Lydia)
- Philotas (Cilicia)
- Eumenes (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia)
- Ptolemy (Egypt)
- Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria)
- Neoptolemus (Armenia)
- Peucestas (Persis)
- Arcesilaus (Mesopotamia)
- Peithon (Greater Media)
- Atropates (Lesser Media)
- Scynus (Susiana)
- Tlepolemus (Persia)
- Nicanor (Parthia)
- Phrataphernes (Armenia, Parthia)
- Antigenes (Susiana)
- Archon (Pelasgia)
- Philip (Hyrcania)
- Stasanor (Aria and Drangiana)
- Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia)
- Amyntas (Bactria)
- Scythaeus (Sogdiana)
- Oxyartes (Paropamisia)
- Taxiles (Punjab)
- Peithon, son of Agenor (Gandhara)
- Porus (Indus)
Partition of Triparadisus
(321 BC)
- Antipater (Macedon and Greece)
- Lysimachus (Thrace)
- Arrhidaeus (Hellespontine Phrygia)
- Antigonus (Phrygia, Lycia and Pamphylia)
- Cassander (Caria)
- Cleitus the White (Lydia)
- Philoxenus (Cilicia)
- Nicanor (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia)
- Ptolemy (Egypt)
- Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria)
- Peucestas (Persis)
- Amphimachus (Mesopotamia)
- Peithon (Media)
- Tlepolemus (Carmania)
- Philip (Parthia)
- Antigenes (Susiana)
- Seleucus (Babylonia)
- Stasanor (Bactria and Sogdiana)
- Stasander (Aria and Drangiana)
- Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia)
- Oxyartes (Paropamisia)
- Taxiles (Punjab)
- Peithon, son of Agenor (Gandhara)
- Porus (Indus)
- Peithon, son of Agenor (Babylon)
- Sibyrtius (Arachosia, Drangiana)
- Eudemus (Indus)
- Bagadates, Ardakhshir I, Wahbarz, Vadfradad I, Vadfradad II, Alexander c. 220 BC (Persis)
- Andragoras (Parthia)
- Demodamas (Bactria, Sogdiana)
- Diodotus (Bactria)
- Alexander (Lydia)
- Molon c. 220 BC, Timarchus, c. 175 BC (Media)
- Apollodorus (Susiana)
- Ptolemaeus (Commagene)
- Noumenios, Hyspaosines c. 150 BC (Characene)
Hellenistic satraps were preceded by Achaemenid rulers, and followed or ruled by Hellenistic rulers