Datames
Sign in to saveDatames (Old Persian: Dātama or Dātāma, Aramaic: Tadanmu, ; 407 BC – 362 BC), also known as Tarkamuwa, was an Iranian military leader, who served as the governor (satrap) of the Achaemenid satrapy of Cappadocia (or Cilicia; the evidence is contradictory) from the 380s BC to 362 BC. A Carian by birth, he was the son of Camissares by a Paphlagonian mother. His father being satrap of Cilicia under Artaxerxes II, and high in the favour of that monarch, Datames became one of the king's bodyguards; and having in this capacity distinguished himself in the war against the Cadusii, was appointed to suc
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- Officeholder.name
- Datames
- Officeholder.office
- Satrap of Cappadocia
- Officeholder.termstart
- 380 BC
- Officeholder.termend
- 362 BC
- Officeholder.predecessor
- Ariaramnes
- Officeholder.successor
- Ariamnes
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- Coin_Datames.jpg
- Officeholder.caption
- Coin of Datames. The reverse shows Datames wearing a Persian dress whilst inspecting an arrow, and the obverse shows Baal
- Officeholder.relations
- Camisares (father)Scythissa (mother)Ariamnes (son)Sysinas (son)
- Officeholder.allegiance
- Achaemenid EmpireSatrapy of Cappadocia
- Officeholder.battles
- Cadusian CampaignGreat Satraps' Revolt
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Datames (Old Persian: Dātama or Dātāma, Aramaic: Tadanmu, ; 407 BC – 362 BC), also known as Tarkamuwa, was an Iranian military leader, who served as the governor (satrap) of the Achaemenid satrapy of Cappadocia (or Cilicia; the evidence is contradictory) from the 380s BC to 362 BC. A Carian by birth, he was the son of Camissares by a Paphlagonian mother. His father being satrap of Cilicia under Artaxerxes II, and high in the favour of that monarch, Datames became one of the king's bodyguards; and having in this capacity distinguished himself in the war against the Cadusii, was appointed to succeed his father (who had fallen in that war) in the government of his province. Here he distinguished himself both by his military abilities and his zeal in the service of the king; and reduced to subjection two officials who had revolted from Artaxerxes, Thyus, governor of Paphlagonia, and Aspis of Cataonia.
== Name == "Datames" is the Hellenized form of the Old Iranian *Dātama- or *Dātāma-, either from Dātamiθra ("Gift of Mithra") or *Data-ama ("to whom force is given"). The name is attested in Aramaic as Tadanmu.