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Person

Tissaphernes

royal commander in western Anatolia, d. 395 BCE

A Persian royal commander whose changing western commissions under Darius II and Artaxerxes II encompassed provincial government, diplomacy and war. Greek narratives made his seizure of the Ten Thousand's commanders the centre of a lasting reputation for treachery.

Date
fl. c. 420s–395 BCE
Other names
Tissaphernēs · *Ciça-farnah-*
Groups
Commanders and nobles
Record status
Secure identification

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Connections

Child of
Hydarnes son of Hydarnes; commander of the Immortals in 480 BCE disputed Hyland 2018

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