Arsames (satrap of Egypt)
5th-century BC Persian satrap of Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other people named Arsames, see Arsames (disambiguation).
Arsames (also called Sarsamas and Arxanes, from Old Persian Aršāma[2]) was an Achaemenid satrap of ancient Egypt during the 5th century BC, at the time of the 27th Dynasty of Egypt.
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Arsames | |
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Satrap of Egypt | |
Predecessor | Achaemenes |
Successor | possibly none (end of the satrapy of Egypt) |
Dynasty | 27th Dynasty |
Pharaoh | Artaxerxes I to Darius II |
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