Tithraustes

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Tithraustes was a Persian military commander who led Achaemenid forces against the Greeks during the early 5th century BCE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid official
Persian military commander
person
activeYearsEnd early 4th century BCE
activeYearsStart 395 BCE
afterKillingTissaphernes assumed command in western Asia Minor
conflict Corinthian War
country Achaemenid Empire
employer Achaemenid Empire
era Classical antiquity
ethnicity Persian
goalOfPolicy to redirect Spartan aggression from Asia Minor to mainland Greece
government Achaemenid satrapy administration
historicalRegion Asia Minor
Lydia
killed Tissaphernes
languageContext Old Persian imperial administration
militaryAction negotiated with Agesilaus II to leave Asia Minor
militaryBranch Achaemenid army
linked to: Persian army
notableFor role in the Corinthian War
opponent Agesilaus II
Sparta
paidToAgesilaus money to finance Spartan campaigns in Greece
positionHeld satrap of Lydia
satrap of Sardis
reasonForKilling order of Artaxerxes II
linked to: Artaxerxes II
residence Sardis
sentBy Artaxerxes II
servedUnder Artaxerxes II of Persia
linked to: Artaxerxes II
source Diodorus Siculus
Xenophon
timePeriod 4th century BCE

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