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Satrap
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A satrap was a governor who ruled over provinces in ancient Persian and Median empires, as well as in later empires that followed them like the Sasanian and Hellenistic empires. The satrap system was an important way for these vast empires to administer and control their distant territories through appointed provincial rulers.
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- occupation
- Subclass of
- governor
- Location
- Achaemenid Empire
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- Parthian Empire
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- Category:Satraps
- organization directed by the office or position
- satrapy
- native label
- σᾰτράπης
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- 0530-00-00
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Satrap (altgriechisch σατράπης satrápes; altpersisch xšaçapāvān, gelesen wie ksatrapavan, „Schützer der Herrschaft“) war im antiken Perserreich der Titel des Statthalters einer größeren Provinz (Satrapie). Satrapen hatten eine politisch-administrative und militärische Leitungsfunktion, entsprechend einem heutigen Gouverneur.
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