Tissaphernes

Tissaphernes (; ; , ; 445395 BC) was a Persian commander and statesman, Satrap of Lydia and Ionia. His life is mostly known from the works of Thucydides and Xenophon. According to Ctesias, he was the son of Hidarnes III and therefore, the great grandson of Hydarnes, one of the six conspirators who had supported the rise of Darius the Great.

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Officeholder.allegiance: 20px Achaemenid Empire
Officeholder.name: Tissaphernes
Officeholder.termstart: 415 BC
Officeholder.death_place: Colossae, Phrygia, Persian Empire(modern-day Honaz, Denizli, Turkey)
Officeholder.caption: Portrait of Tissaphernes (445 BC–395 BC), from his coinage. Most of his coins are inscribed ΤΙΣΣΑ ("TISSA") in Greek under his portrait, permitting identification.
Officeholder.termend1: 395 BC
Officeholder.termstart1: 400 BC
Officeholder.termend: 408 BC
Officeholder.image: Tissaphernes_portrait.jpg
Officeholder.birth_date: 445 BC
Officeholder.successor1: Tiribazus
Officeholder.successor: Cyrus the Younger
Officeholder.predecessor1: Cyrus the Younger
Officeholder.predecessor: Pissuthnes
Officeholder.office: Satrap of Lydia
Officeholder.death_date: 395 BC (aged 50)
Officeholder.battles: Battle of Cunaxa

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Etymology
Family and early life
Civil war
Later life and death
Legacy
References
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== Etymology == Čiçafarnah (čiça + farnah) "with shining splendor": čiça is from the Proto-Indo-European adjective (s)koitrós 'bright'; farnah is equivalent to Avestan xvarənah 'fortune', 'glory', which appears as 'luminous'. čiθra means nature, specifically the animate nature.

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