Egyptian revolt under Arses?
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:02 am
Jona:On your page about Artaxerxes IV Arses at:
http://www.livius.org/arl-arz/artaxerxe ... mlspeaking of upheavals following his accession, you say, "At least two satrapies revolted: Egypt, which had recently been conquered by Artaxerxes III, and Babylonia."Would you be so kind as to cite your sources for Egypt's revolt? Also, do you have any information as to which of Darius III Codomannus' generals carried out the reconquest?All I can come up with is that his Satrap of Egypt at the time of the Battle of Issus was Sabaces - Arrian (2.11.
calls him Savaces and merely lists him among the prominent Persian dead, while Curtius (3.11.10) says he fell among the defenders of the Great King's person.I ask, because I'm preparing a defense of Darius' generalship, and the task of allocating resources to the Egyptian reconquest would have been intimately tied to Darius' need to respond to the threat of pan-Hellenic invasion under Philip/Alexander. If I can cite acceptable authorities thata. Egypt revolted during Arses reign as Great King, and
b. It was reconquered during the first full year of Darius',I think I can make the case that Darius chose to deal with the threat of Macedonian-led Hellenic invasion by the use of _agents provocateur_, such as Demosthenes, to finance resistence to Macedonian hegemony.I would greatly appreciate any light you can throw on these questions.Regards,Thom Stark
http://www.livius.org/arl-arz/artaxerxe ... mlspeaking of upheavals following his accession, you say, "At least two satrapies revolted: Egypt, which had recently been conquered by Artaxerxes III, and Babylonia."Would you be so kind as to cite your sources for Egypt's revolt? Also, do you have any information as to which of Darius III Codomannus' generals carried out the reconquest?All I can come up with is that his Satrap of Egypt at the time of the Battle of Issus was Sabaces - Arrian (2.11.
calls him Savaces and merely lists him among the prominent Persian dead, while Curtius (3.11.10) says he fell among the defenders of the Great King's person.I ask, because I'm preparing a defense of Darius' generalship, and the task of allocating resources to the Egyptian reconquest would have been intimately tied to Darius' need to respond to the threat of pan-Hellenic invasion under Philip/Alexander. If I can cite acceptable authorities thata. Egypt revolted during Arses reign as Great King, andb. It was reconquered during the first full year of Darius',I think I can make the case that Darius chose to deal with the threat of Macedonian-led Hellenic invasion by the use of _agents provocateur_, such as Demosthenes, to finance resistence to Macedonian hegemony.I would greatly appreciate any light you can throw on these questions.Regards,Thom Stark