List of Achaemenid satraps of Cappadocia
Achaemenid satraps of Cappadocia
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This article lists the Achaemenid satraps of Cappadocia, an ancient region in central Anatolia. The Satrapy of Capadocia was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire until its conquest by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE.
Satraps of Cappadocia, c. 400–331 BCE
- Cyrus the Younger, 408–401 BCE. Son of Darius II who held the satrapies of Lydia (including Ionia), Greater Phrygia, and Cappadocia. He died in 401 in battle during a failed attempt to oust his elder brother, Artaxerxes II, from the Persian throne.
- (uncertain) Camisares, c. 400-385 BCE. Damates inherited his father's satrapy. According to Diodorus Siculus, he was the satrap of Cappadocia, but according to Cornelius Nepos, he was the satrap of Cilicia.[1] Around 370 BCE, Datames launched a revolt against king Artaxerxes II.[1]
- (uncertain) Datames, c. 380s–362 BCE.[2] According to Diodorus Siculus, he was the satrap of Cappadocia, but according to Cornelius Nepos, he was the satrap of Cilicia.[1] Around 370 BCE, Datames launched a revolt against king Artaxerxes II.[1]
- Ariamnes or Ariaramnes,[3] 362–350 BCE. According to Siculus, he was the son of Datames, and 'Ariamnes ruled for fifty years and died without achieving anything worthy of note.'[3]
- Mithrobuzanes, died 334 BCE.[4] (Upper Cappadocia)
- Abistamenes or Sabictas,[5][6] c. 334–320s BCE.[4] (Upper Cappadocia). He is called Sabictas by Arrian,[7] and was almost certainly a native Cappadocian.[8]
- Ariarathes I, 340s–331 BCE[4][9] (Lower Cappadocia)