Mithrobuzanes was satrap of Achaemenid Cappadocia.
Mithrobuzanes (Old Persian: *Miθrabaujanaʰ; Ancient Greek: ΜιθροβουζάνηςMithrobouzánēs; 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]
The victorious Alexander appointed Abistamenes in his place.[4][5]
Mithrobuzanes (Old Persian: *Miθrabaujanaʰ; Ancient Greek: Μιθροβουζάνης Mithrobouzánēs; d. 334 BC) was a Persian governor (satrap) of Cappadocia in the...
precisely Mithrobuzanes, corresponds to Armenian Me(h)ruzhan, which was a common name among members of the Artsruni dynasty. Mithrobuzanes was also the...
leaders perished in the battle. Arrian mentions Niphates, Petenes, Mithrobuzanes, the satrap of Cappadocia, Arbupales, the son of the Darius who was...
for fifty years and died without achieving anything worthy of note.' Mithrobuzanes (died 334 CE) Ariarathes I, 340s–331 BCE Bing 1998, p. 42. Bing 1998...
resistance. Defensive efforts were hampered by losses such as the death of Mithrobuzanes, governor of the southern Cappadocian satrapy, who was killed at the...
almost certainly a native Cappadocian. Abistamenes was the successor to Mithrobuzanes, the last Achaemenid satrap of Cappadocia. Mithrobouzanes was killed...
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