Struthas
Struthas was at the beginning of the 4th century BC for a short period of Persian satrap of Lydia, based in Sardis.
First, the top commander of the Maritime Provinces, he tended to be directed against Sparta policy. Together with the satrap Tissaphernes he hit 399 BC a Spartan mercenary army under Thibron, which had invaded Asia Minor. Four years later, however, Tissaphernes was defeated in a battle against King Agesilaus II of Sparta and was subsequently executed at the instigation of the Great King Artaxerxes II. His successor Tiribazus fought the Spartans successful, but declined an agreement with them at the cost Athens to. In the year 391 BC he took against the intentions of the Persian court to peace talks with Sparta. He was then replaced by Struthas who supported from now on Athens.
The increasing success of the Athenians at sea, but aroused at the Persian court, fears of a rise of the Athenian power and a possible revival of the Attic Seebunds. Thus, the willingness, but to come to terms with Sparta at the expense of Athens grew. In the year 388 BC, therefore Tiribazus Struthas broke off again and announced the following year, the King's Peace, in the Spartan hegemony over Greece was recognized and the Achaemenid Empire acted as guarantor.