Mazaces
Sign in to saveMazaces, also Mazakes (Old Iranian: Mazdāka, Aramaic: 𐡌𐡆𐡃𐡊 MZDK), was the last Achaemenid satrap of ancient Egypt during the late reign of Darius III of the 31st Dynasty of Egypt.
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- Egyptian dignitary.Name
- Mazaces
- Egyptian dignitary.Style
- Satrap of EgyptSatrap of Mesopotamia
- Egyptian dignitary.Image
- PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. Mazakes. Satrap of Mesopotamia, 331-323-2 BC.jpg
- Egyptian dignitary.Caption
- Coin of Mazakes as Satrap of Mesopotamia in the Alexandrine Empire. 331-323-2 BC. Obverse: Athena. Reverse: Athenian owl, MZDK (𐡌𐡆𐡃𐡊 in Aramaic).
- Egyptian dignitary.image_size
- 300
- Egyptian dignitary.Predecessor
- Sabaces
- Egyptian dignitary.Successor
- Cleomenes of Naucratis
- Egyptian dignitary.Dynasty
- 31st Dynasty
- Egyptian dignitary.Pharaoh
- Darius III
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Mazaces, also Mazakes (Old Iranian: Mazdāka, Aramaic: 𐡌𐡆𐡃𐡊 MZDK), was the last Achaemenid satrap of ancient Egypt during the late reign of Darius III of the 31st Dynasty of Egypt.
Mazaces succeeded Sabaces after the latter's death at the battle of Issus (333 BCE). His office lasted less than a year: when Alexander the Great invaded Egypt in late 332 BCE, Mazaces did not have enough military force to put up a resistance. Counselled by Amminapes, who knew Alexander well, Mazaces handed the country to the Macedonian without a fight, along with a treasure of 800 talents of gold. This event marked the end of the short–lived second Egyptian satrapy (343–332 BCE).
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