Atizyes
Persian satrap of Greater Phrygia (died 333 BC)
About Atizyes
Lived 400 BC – 333 BC.
Atizyes (; died 333 BC) was a Persian satrap of Greater Phrygia under the Achaemenids in 334 BC, when Alexander the Great began his campaign. He is not mentioned in the council of Zelea where the satrap coalition was formed against the invasion, so it is not sure whether he took part in the battle of the Granicus. After the battle, he appears to be in the capital of Greater Phrygia, Celaenae where he had a garrison force of 1,000 Carians and 100 Greek mercenaries. He himself went to Syria to join the army of Darius III and fell in the battle of Issus (modern-day Turkey) at 333 BC. After Phrygia fell to Alexander, he appointed his general Antigonus Monophthalmus as its satrap.
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Who was Atizyes?
Persian satrap of Greater Phrygia (died 333 BC)
When was Atizyes born?
Atizyes was born in 400 BC.
When did Atizyes die?
Atizyes died in 333 BC in Issus.
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