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satrap::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | governor |
Examples of satrap
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Antigonus executed Blitor, the new satrap of Mesopotamia, for helping Seleucus.
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Nicanor was the new satrap of Media and the strategos of the eastern provinces.
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One satrap is believed to have become the biggest property developer in India.
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Tributes in silver from each satrap were measured with the Babylonian talent.
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However, the Persian satrap of Cappadocia had an inflated view of his own abilities.
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Ptolemy, an officer under Alexander the Great, was nominated as the satrap of Egypt.
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To assess tributes, a commission evaluated the expenses and revenues of each satrap.
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Before he returned to Persia, he appointed Pherendares as satrap of Egypt.
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After the death of Alexander, Archon of Pella was chosen satrap of Babylon.
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- A governor of a province in ancient Persia
- Satraps were the governors of the provinces of the ancient Median and Achaemenid (Persian) Empires and in several of their successors, such as the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires.
- A Persian title that literally means "protector of power"; satraps were essentially administrative governors, ruling a satrapy; some of Alexander the Great's generals became satraps after Alexander's death and the dissolution of Alexander's empire.
- (possibly Median?) - "protector of the Kingdom". The local ruler, usually a member of the royal family, they had full powers to impose laws and collect taxes.
- In ancient Middle East, a provincial ruler, with virtual unlimited power, under Ptolemaic and Persian empires
