Mithrobuzanes

Mithrobuzanes

Mithrobuzanes

Persian governor of Cappadocia (died 334 BC)

Mithrobuzanes (Old Persian: *Miθrabaujanaʰ; Ancient Greek: Μιθροβουζάνης Mithrobouzánēs; d. 334 BC) was a Persian governor (satrap) of Cappadocia in the 4th century BC, during the reign of Darius III. He was probably a son of Ariarathes.[1] As a Persian military commander he was killed at the Battle of Granicus fighting Alexander the Great.[2][3]

Mithrobuzanes was satrap of Achaemenid Cappadocia.

The victorious Alexander appointed Abistamenes in his place.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Marquart 1895, 495
  2. [2]
    Arrian 1.16.3
  3. [3]
    Diodorus 17.21.3
  4. [4]
    Arrian 2.4.2
  5. [5]
    Curtius Rufus 3.4.1

Sources

  • Heckel, Waldemar (2006). Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire. Blackwell Publishing.
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