Artaphernes
Late 6th/early 5th-century BC Persian general and satrap · Politicians · Lived 600 BC to 493 BC · aged 107
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Something wrong?Artaphernes was a brother of the Achaemenid king Darius I and held power circa 513-492 BC. He was appointed satrap of Lydia, which he governed from its capital of Sardis. As satrap of Lydia he had to deal with the Greeks, and played an important role in both the Siege of Naxos and in suppressing the Ionian Revolt.
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Achaemenid lineage: Artaphernes was son of Hystaspes, and brother of Darius I.
The Satrapy of Lydia at the time Artaphernes came to power in 513 BC.![The Ceremony of Presenting Earth and Water. In 507 BC, Athenians were pressured into giving Artaphernes Earth and Water in exchange for a Persian alliance.[8]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Ceremony_of_Presenting_Earth_and_Water.jpg/500px-Ceremony_of_Presenting_Earth_and_Water.jpg)
The Ceremony of Presenting Earth and Water. In 507 BC, Athenians were pressured into giving Artaphernes Earth and Water in exchange for a Persian alliance.[8]![Artaphernes successfully resisted the Greek and Ionian siege in the citadel of Sardis.[19]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Sardis_acropolis.jpg/500px-Sardis_acropolis.jpg)
Artaphernes successfully resisted the Greek and Ionian siege in the citadel of Sardis.[19]
After the Siege of Sardis (498 BC), the Greeks set fires that burned Sardis to the ground.Family
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