About Camisares
Lived 450 BC – 384 BC (aged 65–66). Camisares was a governor.
Camisares (died 385 BC) was an Iranian, father of Datames, who was high in favour with the Persian Great King Artaxerxes II (404–358 BC), by whom he was made satrap of a part of Cilicia bordering on Cappadocia. He fell in Artaxerxes' war against the Cadusii in 385 BC, and was succeeded in his satrapy by Datames, his son by a Paphlagonian mother.
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Who was Camisares?
Achaemenid Satrap (died 385 BC)
When was Camisares born?
Camisares was born in 450 BC.
When did Camisares die?
Camisares died in 384 BC.
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Camisares was a governor.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Camisares. https://biography.guide/camisares/
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