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Spithridates
Sign in to saveSpithridates (; ; fl. 365–334 BC) was a Persian satrap of Lydia and Ionia under the high king Darius III Codomannus. He was one of the Persian commanders at the Battle of the Granicus, in 334 BC. In this engagement, while he was aiming a blow from behind at Alexander the Great, his arm was cut off by Cleitus the Black and he subsequently died.
Key facts
- Officeholder.name
- Spithridates
- Officeholder.office
- Satrap of Lydia
- Officeholder.predecessor
- Autophradates
- Officeholder.successor
- position abolished
- Officeholder.image
- IONIA,_Achaemenid_Period._Spithridates._Satrap_of_Sparda_(Lydia_and_Ionia),_circa_334_BC.jpg
- Officeholder.caption
- Coin of Spithridates, Achaemenid Satrap of Sparda (Lydia and Ionia), circa 334 BC
- Officeholder.death_date
- 334 BC
- Officeholder.death_place
- At the Granicus in the Troad region(modern-day Biga River, Turkey)
- Officeholder.termstart
- 365
- Officeholder.termend
- 334 BC
- Officeholder.allegiance
- 18px|Achaemenid Empire Achaemenid Empire
- Officeholder.battles
- Wars of Alexander the Great Battle of the Granicus
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Spithridates (; ; fl. 365–334 BC) was a Persian satrap of Lydia and Ionia under the high king Darius III Codomannus. He was one of the Persian commanders at the Battle of the Granicus, in 334 BC. In this engagement, while he was aiming a blow from behind at Alexander the Great, his arm was cut off by Cleitus the Black and he subsequently died.
thumb|left|Spithridates attacking Alexander from behind at the Battle of Granicus. [[Charles le Brun (detail).]] Diodorus calls him Spithrobates ( ), and appears to confound him with Mithridates, the son-in-law of Darius, whom Alexander slew in the battle with his own hand; while what Arrian records of Spithridates, Diodorus accounts it for his brother Rhosaces.