Atropat
Sign in to saveAtropates (; and Middle Persian ; ; – after 321 BC) was a Persian nobleman who served Darius III, then Alexander the Great, and eventually founded an independent kingdom and dynasty that was named after him. Diodorus (18.4) refers to him as (), while Quintus Curtius (8.3.17) erroneously names him 'Arsaces'.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- governor
- Position held
- satrap
- Founded by
- Atropatene
- Conflict
- Battle of Gaugamela
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- date of birth
- 0370-00-00
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- date of death
- 0321-00-00
- relative
- Perdiccas
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