Sabakes
Sabakes (name variants Sauakes , Satakes , in Diodor Tasiakes ; † 333 BC ) was during the reign of the last Achaemenid great king Dareios III. a Persian governor ( satrap ) of Egypt .
When Alexander the Great advanced victoriously to the east on his Asian campaign, Sabakes handed over the administration of Egypt to Mazakes and led his troops to Syria to defend Darius III. to connect. In about November 333 BC During the battle of Issus in the 3rd century BC , Alexander fought his way up to Darius III with his horsemen. through, who was thereby in mortal danger. The great king was now protected by the most distinguished Persians, including Sabakes, who fell in the process. This threat to his life was for Darius III. also the reason to flee, with which the victory of the Macedonians was certain.
Since Sabakes had brought almost all of the Persian occupation troops with him from Egypt, Alexander was able to manage in 332 BC. Take Egypt without a fight.
literature
- Waldemar Heckel : Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander's empire. Blackwell, Oxford et al. 2006, ISBN 1-4051-1210-7 ( excerpt online ).
- Siegfried Lauffer : Alexander the Great (= dtv Wissenschaft Bd. 4298). 3. Edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-423-04298-2 , pp. 78 and 87.
Remarks
- ↑ Diodorus 17, 34, 5.
- ↑ Arrian , Anabasis 2, 11, 8; Diodorus 17, 34, 5; Curtius Rufus 3, 11, 10 and 4, 1, 28.
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| SURNAME | Sabakes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Satrap of Egypt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 333 BC Chr. |