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came with a message which displeased him, he set an ambush by the way and killed that messenger on his journey homewards, and made away with the man's body and horse. So when Darius became king he was minded to punish
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lies close to your province, yet you have not added it to the king's dominion — an island so easy to conquer that some native of it rose against his rulers with fifteen men at arms, and is now lord of it. Some say that
Oroetes, angered by this taunt, was less desirous of punishing the utterer of it
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Oroetus became the first satrap recorded as demonstrating insubordination towards the central power of Persia. When
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What I will now relate happened about the time of
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552:Family tree
465:Tithraustes
222:by Oroetus.
44:Old Iranian
1571:Categories
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1296:Orontes II
1291:Darius III
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962:Aridolis
927:Gongylos
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713:Harpagus
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481:Struthas
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404:(520 BC)
385:Harpagus
173:—
162:Cambyses
136:—
80:Harpagus
72:Cambyses
1540:Babylon
1536:Mazaeus
1530:Susiana
1510:Parthia
1496:Atizyes
1466:Belesys
1442:Arsames
1437:Mazaeus
1419:Cilicia
1369:Dadarsi
1356:Bactria
1345:Mazaces
1340:Sabaces
1330:Arsames
1273:Armenia
1269:Satraps
1164:Abdemon
1101:Idrieus
1080:Adusius
1048:Dynasts
1038:Perikle
1020:Arbinas
1010:Kheriga
999:Kuprlli
990:Kheziga
937:Prokles
882:Datames
870:Satraps
860:Arsites
793:Satraps
723:Bagaeus
718:Oroetus
708:Mazares
703:Tabalus
618:Bardiya
598:Cyrus I
593:Teispes
587:Arsames
562:of the
401:Bagaeus
393:Oroetus
377:Mazares
369:Tabalus
228:Sources
154:Bagaeus
84:Bagaeus
56:Ὀροίτης
40:Oroetes
36:Oroetus
1520:Persis
1379:Bessus
1248:Tennes
1221:Anysos
1197:Tabnit
1015:Kherei
910:cities
728:Otanes
409:Otanes
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167:Darius
160:After
110:Sardis
60:Satrap
48:Arvita
1476:Ochus
1470:Syria
1390:Media
1307:Egypt
1234:Baana
1052:Caria
983:Lycia
695:Lydia
348:Lydia
130:Samos
114:Cyrus
102:Samos
64:Lydia
38:, or
1555:and
1490:Aria
249:ISBN
170:son.
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