Barsaentes
Barsaentes ( Greek Βαρσαέντης ; † 326 BC ) was a Persian governor ( satrap ) of the Achaemenids in Arachosia and Drangiana .
In 331 BC BC Barsaentes led his provincial contingent and "mountain indians" in the battle of Gaugamela on the left Persian wing against Alexander the great . After the defeat against the Macedonian conqueror, he fled with the great king Darius III. to the eastern satrapies at Bessus , whom he and Nabarzanes in the middle of 330 BC In the assassination of the great king. Then he fled further from the advancing Alexander to his own provinces, against which the Macedonian Menon marched with 4,600 warriors. Barsaentes therefore fled further across the Hindu Kush to the Indian prince Samaxos, who initially granted him refuge. When Alexander 326 BC But when he reached the Indus Valley, Barsaentes was handed over to Samaxos and then executed.
Alexander forgave Drangiana to Arsakes and Arachosia to Menon.
literature
- Julius Kaerst : Barsaentes . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 26 f.
- Waldemar Heckel : Barsaentes. In: Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's Empire. Blackwell, Malden et al. 2006, ISBN 1-4051-1210-7 , p. 69.
Remarks
- ↑ In Curtius Rufus and Diodorus found the names form Barzaentes .
- ↑ Arrian , Anabasis 3, 8, 4 and 3, 21, 1.
- ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 3, 8, 4 and 3, 11, 3.
- ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 3, 21, 1 and 3, 25, 8; Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni Macedonis 6, 6, 36; Diodor , Bibliothéke historiké 17, 74, 1.
- ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 3, 25, 8; Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni Macedonis 8, 13, 3f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barsaentes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Βαρσαέντης |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Satrap of Arachosia and Drangiana |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 326 BC Chr. |