Ariamnes

Ariamnes

Ariamnes

4th-century BC satrap of Cappadocia

For the spider genus, see Ariamnes (spider). For the ruler of Cappadocia from 280 BC, see Ariamnes of Cappadocia.

Ariamnes I (Ancient Greek: Ἀριάμνης Ariámnēs; fl. 4th century BC; ruled 362–350 BC) was satrap of Cappadocia under Persian suzerainty. Son of Datames and father of Ariarathes I and his brother Orophernes (Holophernes), Diodorus states that Ariamnes governed fifty years[1] although it is unclear how this could be correct given the dates that his father Datames (ruled 385-362 BC) and his son Ariarathes I (ruled 350-331 BC) were satraps of Cappadocia.

Ariamnes was satrap of Achaemenid Cappadocia.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xxxi. 3

References

  • Hazel, John; Who's Who in the Greek World, "Ariamnes I" (1999)
  • Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Ariamnes I", Boston (1867)
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Ariamnes". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 283.
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