# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mausolus
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:17:02.058Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/mausolus"
name: "Mausolus"
slug: "mausolus"
description: "A Persian satrap who turned a corner of Asia Minor into his own quasi-kingdom, then died and got a tomb so absurdly grand it became one of the Seven Wonders and gave the world a new word: mausoleum."
tagline: "Satrap of Caria from 377 BCE to 353 BCE"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Mausolus_(probable).jpg"
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country:
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birthDate: "-410"
deathDate: "-353"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Mausolus ruled Caria from 377 to 353 BCE as a satrap under the Achaemenid Empire, inheriting the position from his father Hecatomnus, who had founded the Hecatomnid dynasty and carved out enough power that his son could act less like a governor and more like a king. Beyond Caria, Mausolus controlled Lycia, parts of Ionia, and the Dodecanese islands. When he died in 353 BCE, his wife and sister Artemisia commissioned a tomb at Halicarnassus so monumental it entered the canon of ancient marvels. The structure didn't just honor a dead ruler; it coined the term for every grand tomb that followed.