Abrocomas

Abrokomas (Greek: Ἀβροκόμας; † after 383 BC) was a Persian general in the Achaemenid Empire.

In the spring of 401 BC led the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger, a great army, which a large number of Greek mercenaries belonged, from his residence Sardis in Asia Minor to the east. Cyrus intended, his older brother, the prevailing Great King Artaxerxes II Mnemon to overthrow, to ascend the throne himself.

Abrokomas was commissioned by the Great King to occupy the mountain passes of the Syrian gates, to prevent the advance of Cyrus to Syria. But after Cyrus had reached Cilicia, Abrokomas gave up his positions, collected his troops to deal with these pull through Syria to Mesopotamia, where the Great King gathered his army into Phoenicia. During the march deserted 400 Greek mercenaries from his army and defected to Cyrus about. Abrokomas reached the Euphrates by a margin of twelve days before Cyrus. This told him in front of his Greek mercenaries for personal enemy to fight his goal. Cyrus had his mercenaries the true reason of his campaign kept secret, although the Greek historian Xenophon in his Anabasis indicating that the Greeks knew very well that they should fight against the Great King. In order to provide the United Kingdom more time to gather his army, Abrokomas ordered all bridges of the Euphrates burn down, but Cyrus was at Thapsacus a shallow place, through which he was able to lead his army to the other side.

According to Xenophon, the gathered empire army of the Great King should include a total thickness of 1.2 million allegedly infantrymen ( admittedly a highly exaggerated statement ), 200 Scythian chariots and 6,000 horsemen; Abrokomas should be next to Tissaphernes, Gobryas and Arbakes one of the four generals who should lead the army against Cyrus. However Abrokomas missed by five days the decisive Battle of Cunaxa, fell into the Kyros and ended the war in favor of the Great King.

The last time is Abrokomas next Pharnabazos and Tithraustes, known as a commander of an invasion army, whose attack on Egypt but failed 385-383 BC.

From Plutarch Abrokomas ( the Euphrates governors of the country beyond / west ) was in the context of Cyrus the campaign as " satrap of Transeuphratene " means, probably because he had led his army from Phoenicia through Syria into Mesopotamia. For both eligible provinces ( just Phoenicia and Syria) but Xenophon had named in his tradition of other persons in the governor offices concerned.