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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Satrap
Gender:
Male
Places:
Birth:
1 January 600
Death:
1 January 460(Papremi)
Family:
Mother:
Atossa
Father:
Darius I of Persia
Siblings:
Gobryas
Arsames
Xerxes
Artobazanes
Ariamenes
Ariabignes
Abrocomes
Masistes
Arsames
The details
Biography
Introduction
Achaemenes (Haxāmaniš) was the satrap of Egypt from 484 BC until his death in 460 BC, and a member of the Achaemenid dynasty.
According to Herodotus, he was a son of Persian king Darius I by his wife Atossa, and full brother of Xerxes I. Ctesias, who wrongly calls him Achaemenides, states that he was a son of Xerxes, rather than his brother.
After the first rebellion of Egypt, he was put in charge of the country by king Xerxes. He commanded the Persian fleet at the Battle of Salamis (480 BC), and was defeated and slain by Inarus, the leader of the second rebellion of Egypt, during the Battle of Pampremis (460/459 BC).
Classical sources
- Ctesias, 36-39 [1]
- Herodotus, 3. 12; 7. 7, 97, 236-237