Ariobarzanes (Phrygia)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ariobarzanes († around 362 BC) was a Persian nobleman and since 387 BC Chr. Satrap of Phrygia .

Life

Ariobarzanes was probably a son of the Phrygian satrap Pharnabazos . In any case, he is 407 BC. Chr. Attested as deputy of Pharnabazos when he escorted Athenian ambassadors staying at his court to the coast of Kios , so that they could return home from there.

387 BC Ariobarzanes - who had been hospitality with the Spartan Nauarch and statesman Antalkidas for a long time - took over the governorship of Phrygia from Pharnabazus. Almost two decades later he was planning to defeat the Persian great king Artaxerxes II. Through his confidante Philiskos he tried in 368 BC. To mediate a general peace between the Greek poleis . In the course of the negotiations, Athens and Sparta promised their support. In the next year he rebelled openly against Artaxerxes II, whereby he was in league with the Cappadocian satrap Datames , who had probably fallen away a little earlier . The great king commissioned the Lydian satrap Autophradates to fight against Ariobarzanes. But the Greek cities kept their word; the Spartan king Agesilaus II came himself to provide Ariobarzane's assistance with his mercenary troops, and Athens sent a fleet commanded by the strategist Timotheus to assist . Ariobarzanes retaliated for the obtained help by paying the Spartan king with gold, Athens, however, two cities, Sestos and Krithote relinquished. In return, Athens granted him and his sons Attic citizenship.

The uprising against the Persian central government in Asia Minor was soon joined by other satraps; even Autophradates eventually had to take part. Ariobarzanes had a son, Mithridates, who betrayed him; Ariobarzanes, who was already at an advanced age, ended his life around 362 BC. By crucifixion . Around 359/58 BC Finally, the uprising in Asia Minor collapsed, perhaps favored by the particular interests of the individual satraps.

family

The satrap Ariobarzanes had two sons who were granted Attic citizenship. One of them was called Mithridates, by whom he was betrayed to the great king, the name of the second son is not mentioned explicitly. Assuming that Mithridates is the later named ruler of Kios († 302 BC), the second son is likely to have been Ariobarzanes († 337/336 BC), who has been around since 362 BC Officiated as ruler of Kios.

literature

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Amélie Kurth (DNP 1, col. 1082) with reference to Xenophon ( Hellenika 1, 4, 7) and T. Petit ( Satrapes et satrapies dans l'empire achéménide (1990), p. 212f.); also Jona Lendering in the article Ariobarzanes (see web link). According to older researchers, however, Ariobarzanes was the son of a Prince Mithridates von Kios : For example Walther Judeich (RE II 1, col. 832) citing Diodor (15, 90, 3).
  2. ↑ Xenophon, Hellenika 1, 4, 7.
  3. ↑ Xenophon, Hellenika 5, 1, 28.
  4. ↑ Xenophon, Hellenika 7, 1, 27.
  5. ↑ Diodorus 15, 90, 3; Pompey Trogus , prologue to book 10.
  6. ↑ Demosthenes 15: 9; Isocrates 15, 111ff .; Xenophon, Agesilaos 2:26 ; Nepos , Agesilaus 7, 2; Timothy 1, 3.
  7. ^ Nepos, Timothy 1, 3.
  8. ↑ Demosthenes 23, 141 and 23, 202.
  9. ↑ Xenophon, Kyrupaideia 8, 8, 4.
  10. ↑ Demosthenes Against Aristocrates 23, 202
personal data
SURNAME Ariobarzanes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Satrap of Phrygia (387 to about 362 BC)
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 362 BC Chr.