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Hecatomnus

d. c. 377 BCE · 4th century BCE

Hecatomnus was a Carian dynast from Mylasa who became satrap of Caria for the Achaemenid Empire around 392 BCE, founding the Hecatomnid dynasty. He ruled from Mylasa and was succeeded in turn by his children Mausolus, Artemisia II, Idrieus, Ada and Pixodarus, who made Caria a powerful and Hellenised state.

Hecatomnus
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Hecatomnid Caria

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hecatomnus. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hecatomnus
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