Abdashtart I

For the 10th-century BC king of Tyre, see Abdastartus. For the Indo-Greek king, see Strato I.
Abdashtart I
Portrait of Abdashtart ("Straton") I from his coinage. Circa 365–352 BC.
AllegianceAchaemenid Empire
Years of service365 to 352 BC
RankKing of Sidon
Battles / warsRevolt against the Achaemenid Empire
Sidon is located in West and Central Asia
Sidon
Sidon
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The capital of Abdashtart I was in Sidon.
Achaemenid coinage of Abdashtart I, circa 365–352 BC.

Abdashtart I (in Greek, Straton I)[1] was a king of the Phoenician city-state of Sidon who reigned from 365 BC to 352 BC[2] following the death of his father, Baalshillem II.[3]

  1. ^ Markoe, Glenn (2000). Phoenicians. U of California P. pp. 58–. ISBN 9780520226142.
  2. ^ Elayi 2006.
  3. ^ Steiner, Margreet L.; Killebrew, Ann E. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant: c. 8000-332 BCE. OUP Oxford. pp. 109, 117. ISBN 9780191662553. Retrieved 17 March 2016.