5th-century BC monarchs in Asia

5th century BC queen of Halicarnassus, Kos, Nisyros and Kalymnos

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tyrant of Achaemenid Caria from c.520 to 484 BCE

5th century BCE tyrant of Achaemenid Caria

Crown Prince of Achaemenid Persia (died 465 BC)

Abdemon (, gen.: Αὐδήμονος), was the king of Salamis on Cyprus towards the end of the 5th century BC. He was of Phoenician origin and was born either in Tyre or Kition. Around 415 BC, Abdemon deposed the Phoenician ruler of Salamis. Evagoras, who allegedly came from a Greek dynasty (that of Teucer), had to leave the city and went into exile in Soli. However, Evagoras returned in 411 BC with his followers and deposed Abdemon. Some coins of Abdemon have been found.

Aridolis () was a tyrant of Alabanda in Caria, who accompanied the Achaemenid king Xerxes I in his expedition against Greece, and was taken by the Greeks off Artemisium in 480 BCE, and sent to the isthmus of Corinth in chains. His successor may have been Amyntas II (son of Bubares).

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