Lydia (satrapy)

Oroetus ruled during the reign of Cambyses, and after the chaotic period that followed the Persian king's death, he conquered the Greek isle of Samos, killing its ruler Polycrates.

Five years later, the rebellion was suppressed and to the surprise of the Greek world, Artaphernes was very lenient in his treatment of the rebels.

Tissaphernes overcame the invasion of Thibron in 399 BC but was defeated at Sardis by the Spartan King Agesilaus II.

The satrap was executed and replaced by Tiribazus, who restored order in Lydia and was responsible for a series of treaties between the Persian king and the Greek city states.

Autophradates was probably Tiribazus' direct successor, and was loyal to the Achaemenid monarch during a series of revolts in 370 BC.

The name for Lydia as an Achaemenid territory in the DNa inscription of Darius the Great ( c. 490 BC ): Sparda ( ๐Žฟ๐Žฑ๐Žผ๐Žญ ).
Xerxes stationed in Sardis with all his invasion force during the winter of 481-480 BC.
Achaemenid Era silver shekel made in Sardis between 500 and 450 BC showing a warrior-king holding a bow and a lance.
Coinage of Tiribazos , Satrap of Lydia , with Ahuramazda on the obverse. c. 388 โ€” 380 BC .
Coin of Autophradates , Achaemenid Satrap of Sparda ( Lydia and Ionia ), c. 380 โ€” 350 BC .
Lydian delegation at Apadana, c. 500 BC .