Orontes I
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Orontes I was a military officer of the Achaemenid Empire and satrap of Armenia at the end of the 5th-century BC and first half of the 4th-century BC. He is notable for having led the unsuccessful Gre
Bronze coin of Orontes I, minted at Adramyteion between 357–352 BC
Coin minted by Evagoras I at Salamis
The gold coin attributed to Orontes I by some numismatists, minted at Lampsacus
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Great Satraps' Revolt
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The Great Satraps' Revolt, or the Revolts of the Satraps, was a rebellion in the Achaemenid Empire of several satraps in western Anatolia against the authority of the Great King Artaxerxes II. The Sat
Orontes I
…Empire and satrap of Armenia at the end of the 5th-century BC and first half of the 4th-century BC. He is notable for having led the unsuccessful Great Satraps' Revolt in Asia Minor against the Achaemenids from 362/1 BC to 360/359 BC. He was the son of Artasyrus, a high-ranking Bactrian nobleman. Through his maternal…
360s Satrap Revolt
Satrap Datames started to revolt in 372 BC.
Orontes, wearing the satrapal headdress, from his coinage.