• Genshin Impact, "archon" refers to the head god or divine ruler of each of the seven countries in the world of Teyvat Archon of Pella, a satrap of Babylonia...
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    with Antipater and Craterus, had probably colluded with Arrhidaeus and Archon, satrap of Babylon in order to have Alexander's body go to Egypt. Perdiccas...
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  • Archon (Ancient Greek: Ἄρχων; died 321 BC) was a Pellaeon, appointed satrap of Babylonia after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. He is probably...
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    Seleucus I Nicator (category Satraps of the Alexandrian Empire)
    provinces so that no single satrap could rise above the others in power. After the death of Alexander, Archon of Pella was chosen satrap of Babylon. Perdiccas...
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    probability is that Archon of Pella was satrap of Babylonia. Persia Since Diodorus and Dexippus both agree on Peucestas being satrap of Persia, this is...
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    provinces called satrapies (or archi) which were each assigned to a satrap (archon) and specified fixed tributes that the satrapies were required to pay...
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  • were named satraps of the various regions of his empire. Several satraps were eager to gain more power, and when Ptolemy I Soter, satrap of Egypt, rebelled...
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  • King of Persia and restores central authority over the Persian empire's satraps. To secure his throne he puts to death most of his relatives. Alexander...
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  • force of Ionians and march upon Sardis, the capital of Artaphernes (the satrap of Lydia and brother to Darius I of Persia). Artaphernes, who has sent most...
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    Themistocles (category Achaemenid satraps of Lydia)
    Athenians, and generally being at odds with the Athenian nobility. Elected archon in 493 BC, he convinced the polis to increase the naval power of Athens...
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  • (including Sophocles) are elected to help run Athens. Tissaphernes, the Persian satrap of Lydia and Caria, forms an alliance with Sparta. The Spartans, with strategic...
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    unsuccessful expedition against Naxos, a joint venture between the Persian satrap Artaphernes and the Milesian tyrant Aristagoras. In the aftermath, Artaphernes...
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  • The Athenian soldier and statesman, Aristides (the Just), is made chief archon of Athens. Theron becomes tyrant of Acragas in Sicily. Gaius Marcius Coriolanus...
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  • century BC) Orontes I, Satrap (401–344 BC) Cadoux suspects this is a corruption of the archon's real name. ("Athenian Archons", p. 116) Added from Samuel...
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    Cleisthenes (category Eponymous archons)
    death in 527 BC, Cleisthenes returned to Athens and became the eponymous archon. A few years later, Pisistratus' successors, Hipparchus and Hippias, again...
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    supported Perdiccas were rewarded in the partition of Babylon by becoming satraps of the various parts of the empire. Ptolemy received Egypt; Laomedon received...
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    west to Bactra (Zariaspa), Alexander appoints Artabazus of Phrygia as the satrap of Bactria. Crossing the Oxus, Alexander sends his general Ptolemy in pursuit...
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  • in Mysia from 337 to 302 BC 385 BC Mentor of Rhodes, Greek mercenary and satrap (approximate date) 384 BC Aristotle, Greek philosopher (d. 322 BC) Demosthenes...
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  • reduces the power of the Athenian Council of Areopagus (filled with ex-archons and so a stronghold of oligarchy) and transfers them to the people, i.e...
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  • BC Philotas (satrap) Polyperchon Ptolemy (son of Seleucus) Ptolemy I Soter 334 BC Simmias Proteas Hegelochus Amphoterus Nearchus Archon of Pella Archias...
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    one of the sons of Lysimachus from his wife Arsinoe II Philip (satrap), Greek satrap of Sogdiana and governor of Parthia Philip I Philadelphus, ruler...
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    His wife, Parysatis, persuades him to appoint his younger son, Cyrus, as satrap (governor) of Lydia, Phrygia, and Cappadocia and commander in chief of the...
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  • Indo-Greek coinage, the coins of Nahapana and Chastana of the Western Satraps featured an Indo-Aryan language legend written in Greek or pseudo-Greek...
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    Antigonus I Monophthalmus (382-301 BC), Hellenistic ruler. Calas, general and satrap of Alexander the Great. Coenus, general of Alexander the Great. Cleander...
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    troops of his own, but that Artaphernes, Darius' brother and the Persian satrap of Lydia, who commanded a large army and navy on the coast of Asia, could...
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  • Orontes I, Satrap (401–344 BC) Darius III, Satrap (c.344–336 BC) Orontes II, Satrap (336–331 BC) Mithrenes, Satrap (331–323 BC) Neoptolemus, Satrap (323–321...
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    the empire. The Somatophylakes were the seven bodyguards of Alexander. Satraps (Old Persian: xšaθrapāwn) were the governors of the provinces in the Hellenistic...
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    Heracles was the alleged son of Alexander by Barsine, daughter of the Persian satrap Artabazos. Alexander's relationship with Barsine was viewed as an affair...
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    centrally appointed, albeit largely autonomous, satraps. The court did appoint a small number of satraps, largely outside Iran, but these satrapies were...
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    BC: Part of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt 323 BC– 320 BC: Part of the Satrap of Laomedon of Mytilene 332 BC–323 BC: Part of the Empire of Alexander the...
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