AchaemenicaAn Encyclopaedia of the Achaemenid Persian Empire

Person

Hydarnes

helper of Darius I in 522 BCE; later satrap of Media

One of the six Persians Darius I names as his helpers in 522 BCE, later active against the Median rebels and attested as satrap of Media. He is not the later commander at Thermopylae.

Date
fl. 522 BCE
Other names
Hydarnes · Vidarna
Groups
The Seven Commanders and nobles
Record status
Secure identification

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Connections

Parent of
Hydarnes son of Hydarnes; commander of the Immortals in 480 BCE probable Pierre Briant 2002

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