Aripharnes

Aripharnes (fl. 310–309 BC) was the ruler of the Siraces and also took part in the Bosporan succession war of 310-309 between king Satyros and pretender to the thrown Eumelos. After losing the Battle of the River Thatis, he retreated to his settlement Siracena in which another siege took place but Satyros lost his life in, Meniscus, the mercenary commander in charge of the Bosporan mercenaries concluded the siege and took the body of Satyros to Panticapaeum for a royal burial. After this war, Aripharnes is no longer mentioned by any historian.[1]

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  1. ↑ https://periklisdeligiannis.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/the-battle-of-the-river-thatis-part-ii-scythians-sarmatians-and-greeks-struggling-in-the-cimmerian-bosporus/
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