Ariobarzan

Ariobarzanes ( † about 362 BC) was a Persian nobleman and since 387 BC satrap of Phrygia.

Life

Ariobarzanes was probably a son of the Phrygian satrap Pharnabazos. Anyway, he is 407 BC, testifies as a governor of Pharnabazos when he led like looking at his court Athenian envoys to the coast at Kios, so that they could return home from there.

387 BC took over Ariobarzanes - the hospitality for some time had maintained with the Spartan Nauarchen and statesman Antalcidas - Pharnabazos of the governorship of Phrygia. Almost two decades later, he planned to drop from the Persian king Artaxerxes II by his confidant Philiscus he took 368 BC with the Greek powers Athens and Sparta negotiations, both of which pledged him their support. The next year he rebelled openly against Artaxerxes II, where he was in league with the well a little earlier fallen Cappadocian satrap Datames. The Great King instructed the Lydian satrap Autophradates with the fight against Ariobarzanes. But the Greek cities kept their word; the Spartan king Agesilaus II himself came to succor his mercenary troops Ariobarzanes, and Athens sent to support one commanded by strategists Timotheos fleet. Ariobarzanes retaliated for the assistance received by paying the Spartan king with gold, Athens, however, two cities, Sestos and Krithote relinquished. In return, Athens lent him and his sons, the Athenian citizenship.

The revolt against the Persian central government in Asia Minor were soon joined by more satraps; even Autophradates finally had to join. Ariobarzanes but had a son, Mithridates, who committed treason against him; so the standing already at an advanced age Ariobarzanes ended his life by 362 BC by crucifixion. Approximately 359/58 BC finally broke the small Asian uprising, perhaps favored by particularistic interests of the individual satraps in on itself.

Family

The satrap Ariobarzanes had two sons, who were awarded the Attic civil rights. One of them was called Mithridates, of which he was betrayed to the Great King, the name of the second son is not explicitly mentioned. Assuming that it is Mithridates around said later the same rulers of Chios is († 302 BC), the second son should but probably Ariobarzanes († 337/336 BC) have been that since about 362 BC served as rulers of Chios.