House of Amyrtaeus

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The House of Amyrtaeus was the short-lived royal family that founded and ruled Egypt’s Twenty-eighth Dynasty during a brief period of native independence from Persian control in the late 5th century BCE.

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instanceOf Egyptian royal house
dynastic house
associatedCity Sais
capital Sais
characteristic native Egyptian
short-lived
chronologicalPosition between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-ninth Dynasties of Egypt
country Ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
duration approximately 5 years
dynastyNumber 28
endCause accession of Nepherites I of the Twenty-ninth Dynasty
overthrow and execution of Amyrtaeus
endTime 399 BCE
era Late Period of ancient Egypt
followedBy Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt
reasserted Achaemenid influence in Egypt
founder Amyrtaeus of Sais
linked to: Amyrtaeus
governmentForm monarchy
historicalContext period between two phases of Persian domination of Egypt
knownFrom Egyptian inscriptions (limited)
classical sources
language Ancient Egyptian
legitimacyBasis native resistance to Persian rule
namedAfter Amyrtaeus of Sais
linked to: Amyrtaeus
notableMember Amyrtaeus
opposed Achaemenid Empire
overthrew Achaemenid satrapal administration in Egypt
politicalRole restoration of brief Egyptian independence from Persia
politicalStatus native Egyptian royal house independent of Persia
precededBy Achaemenid rule in Egypt (First Persian Period)
region Lower Egypt
regnalTitleOfRuler Pharaoh of Egypt
religion Ancient Egyptian religion
ruledDynasty Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt
startTime 404 BCE
succeededByRulerFrom House of Nectanebo (Thirtieth Dynasty)
linked to: House of Nectanebo
timePeriod late 5th century BCE

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Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt regnalHouse House of Amyrtaeus