Phrasaortes was named satrap of Persis by Alexander
Phrasaortes was a Persian satrap of Persis under Alexander the Great c. 330 BCE.[ 1] He was a son of Rheomithres .[ 1] Phrasaortes replaced the Achaemenid satrap Ariobarzanes , who had confronted Alexander at the Battle of the Persian Gate , where he was killed.[ 2] [ 3]
Phrasaortes died at some point before the return of Alexander from India in 324 BCE.[ 2] [ 4] He was replaced by Orxines , a Persian noble, without the permission of Alexander, in a direct challenge to Alexander's authority. Orxines was executed by Alexander, and replaced by the Macedonian general Peucestas .[ 2]
References
^ a b Heckel, Waldemar (2008). Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire (1 ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. p. 223. ISBN 978-1405188395 .
^ a b c Roisman, Joseph (2002). Brill's Companion to Alexander the Great . BRILL. p. 189. ISBN 9789004217553 .
^ Arr. Anab. 3.18.11
^ Arr. Anab. 6.29.2
Satraps under Alexander the Great (334-323 BC)
Ada (Queen of Caria )
Asander , Menander (Lydia )
Calas , Demarchus (Hellespontine Phrygia )
Antigonus (Greater Phrygia )
Balakros , Menes (Cilicia )
Abistamenes (Cappadocia )
Abdalonymus (Sidon )
Mithrenes (Armenia )
Mazaeus , Stamenes (Babylon )
Mazakes (Mesopotamia )
Abulites (Susiana )
Oxydates , Atropates (Media )
Phrasaortes , Oxines , Peucestas (Persis )
Cleomenes of Naucratis (Egypt )
Satibarzanes (Aria )
Sibyrtius (Carmania )
Autophradates (Tapuri, Mardi )
Andragoras (Parthia )
Amminapes , Phrataphernes , Pharismanes (Hyrcania and Parthia )
Artabazos , Cleitus the Black , Amyntas (Bactria )
Oxyartes (Paropamisia )
Philip , Eudemus (India )
Peithon, son of Agenor (Gandhara )
Taxiles (Punjab )
Porus (Indus )
Satraps at thePartition of Babylon (323 BC)Satraps at the Partition of Triparadisus (321 BC)Later Satraps
Peithon, son of Agenor (Babylon )
Sibyrtius (Arachosia , Drangiana )
Eudemus (Indus )
Bagadates , Ardakhshir I , Wahbarz , Vadfradad I , Vadfradad II, Alexander c. 220 BC (Persis )
Andragoras (Parthia )
Demodamas (Bactria , Sogdiana )
Diodotus (Bactria )
Alexander (Lydia )
Molon c. 220 BC , Timarchus , c. 175 BC (Media )
Apollodorus (Susiana )
Ptolemaeus (Commagene )
Noumenios , Hyspaosines c. 150 BC (Characene )