Arsites
Arsites ( Greek Ἀρσἱτης ; † 334 BC ) was a Persian governor ( satrap ) in the 4th century BC.
Arsites was under the rule of the Achaemenids the governor of the Hellespontian Phrygia (Kleinphrygien) and Paphlagonia . In 340 BC He sent a contingent of mercenaries under the leadership of the Athenian Apollodorus to defend Perinthus, besieged by Philip II . The mission was successful, which prevented the Macedonian king from advancing further on Asian soil for the time being. In the spring of 334 BC However, after crossing the Hellespont , Alexander the Great entered Asia under the rule of Aristos. He formed a satrap coalition with his counterparts in Asia Minor to ward off the attacker. In the Zeleia conference, however, he was the leading opponent of the plan put forward by the strategist Memnon for the application of the scorched earth . In the Battle of Granikos he commanded his contingent on the right Persian wing. In the middle of the fight, Arsites fled the battlefield, but only shortly afterwards committed suicide because of the defeat he was responsible for.
His province was the first on Asian soil to fall into the hands of the conqueror Alexander. He appointed the Macedonian general Kalas as his satrap.
Arsites had a son named Mithropastes, who fled to an island in the Persian Gulf after his father's death . There he was born in 325/324 BC. Taken by the naval commander Nearchus , whom he accompanied on the rest of the way in his naval enterprise.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pausanias 1.29.10.
- ↑ Arrian , Anabasis 1.12.8-10.
- ↑ Diodorus 17.19.4.
- ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 1.16.3.
- ^ Nearchus, FrGrHist 133 F28.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arsites |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀρσíτης |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Satrap of the Hellespontic Phrygia and Paphlagonia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 334 BC Chr. |