Pharnaces II of Phrygia
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Pharnaces II ruled the satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia
under the Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia
His grandfather was its founder, Artabazos I of Phrygia, son of satrap Pharnaces
I (younger brother of Hystaspes
, sons of Arsames (died ca. 520 BCE)
The residence of the Pharnacid Dynasty was at Dascylium (near modern day Ergili, Turkey).
Phrygia
In antiquity, Phrygia was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern-day Turkey. The Phrygians initially lived in the southern Balkans; according to Herodotus, under the name of Bryges , changing it to Phruges after their final migration to Anatolia, via the...
under the Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia
His grandfather was its founder, Artabazos I of Phrygia, son of satrap Pharnaces
Pharnaces
Pharnaces may refer to:* Pharnaces , founder of the Pharnacid Dynasty of satraps of Phrygia on the Hellespont...
I (younger brother of Hystaspes
Hystaspes
Vishtaspa, Hellenized as Hystaspes , may refer to:* Vishtaspa , the first patron of Zoroaster...
, sons of Arsames (died ca. 520 BCE)
The residence of the Pharnacid Dynasty was at Dascylium (near modern day Ergili, Turkey).
- Pharnacid dynastyPharnacid DynastyThe Pharnacid Dynasty was a local dynasty that ruled the satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia under the Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia from the 5th until the 4th century BCE. It was founded by Artabazus, son of satrap Pharnaces , son of Arsames...