Artabazos II

Artabazos II
Portrait of Artabazos II, from his gold coinage
(fl. 389 – 328 BC).
AllegianceAchaemenid Empire
Years of servicefl. 389 – 328 BC
RankSatrap of Hellespontine Phrygia
Satrap of Bactria (under Alexander the Great)
Battles / warsGreat Satraps' Revolt
ChildrenPharnabazus III
Artakama
Barsine
RelationsPharnabazus II (father)
Artabazos II was Satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, and ruled from its capital Daskyleion.
Coin of Artabazos. Satrap of Dascylium, Lampsakos, Mysia, circa 356 BC
Pharnacid dynasty
(Satraps of Hellespontine Phrygia)
c.550–497 BCE (Pharnaces)
c.480–455 BCE Artabazus I
c.455–430 BCE Pharnabazus I
c.430–420 BCE Pharnaces II
c.413–374 BCE Pharnabazus II
c.407–362 BCE Ariobarzanes
c.389–329 BCE Artabazus II
c.370–320 BCE Pharnabazus III

Artabazos II (in Greek Ἀρτάβαζος) (fl. 389 – 328 BC) was a Persian general and satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia. He was the son of the Persian satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia Pharnabazus II, and younger kinsman (most probably nephew) of Ariobarzanes of Phrygia who revolted against Artaxerxes III around 356 BC. His first wife was an unnamed Greek woman from Rhodes, sister of the two mercenaries Mentor of Rhodes and Memnon of Rhodes.[1] Towards the end of his life, he became satrap of Bactria for Alexander the Great.

  1. ^ Carney, Elizabeth Donnelly (2000). Women and Monarchy in Macedonia. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780806132129.