Upper satrapies

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Upper satrapies in the Seleucid Empire denotes the provinces ( satrapies ) of the empire that were east of the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia, in the highlands of Iran and the bordering landscapes of Central Asia and India . Possibly it is a translation of an old Persian term. The second Seleucid ruler Antiochus I began his rule as co-regent of his father Seleukos I , who was given the authority of the "upper satrapies". Even later, these provinces were occasionally grouped under the rule of a governor-general, as in the times of Molon or Timarchus , who later broke away from the Seleucids and assumed the title of king themselves.

literature

  • Franz Altheim , Ruth Stiehl : History of Central Asia in antiquity. de Gruyter, Berlin 1970, pp. 317-333
  • David Bivar: 1. The Achaemenids and the Macedonians: Persistence and Change. In: Gavin Hamly (ed.): Central Asia (Fischer Weltgeschichte Volume 16). Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1966, p. 28 ff., Note 47, p. 324
  • Ludwig Schober: Investigations into the history of Babylonia and the upper satrapies from 323-303 BC. Chr. Frankfurt am Main / Bern 1981.