Pharnacid dynasty
The Pharnacid Dynasty was an Iranian dynasty that ruled the satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia under the Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia from the 5th until the 4th century BCE. It was founded by Artabazus, son of satrap Pharnaces I (younger brother of Hystaspes, who was born shortly before 565 BCE), son of Arsames (died ca. 520 BCE). They were directly related to the Achaemenid dynasty itself. The last member of the dynasty was Pharnabazus III.
The residence of the Pharnacid Dynasty was at Dascylium (near modern day Ergili, Turkey).
The Pharnacids
- Pharnaces I (Elamite: Parnaka; c. 550–497 BC)
- Artabazus I (fl. 480–455 BCE)
- Pharnabazus I (fl. 455–430 BCE)
- Pharnaces II of Phrygia (fl. 430–422 BCE)
- Pharnabazus II (fl. 422–387 BCE)
- Ariobarzanes of Phrygia (Persian: Ariyabrdhna; (fl. 407–362 BCE)
- Artabazus II (fl. 389–329 BCE)
- Pharnabazus III (fl. 370–320 BCE)
References
- Heidemarie Koch, Es kündet Dareios der König. Vom Leben im persischen Großreich. 1992, Mainz.
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