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Pharnabazus II

fl. 413–373 BCE · 4th century BCE

Pharnabazus II was the Persian satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia under the Achaemenid Empire. He supported Sparta against Athens late in the Peloponnesian War, then joined the Athenian admiral Conon in destroying the Spartan fleet at Cnidus in 394 BCE. In 373 BCE he led, with the Athenian general Iphicrates, a large Persian invasion of Egypt that failed against Nectanebo I.

Pharnabazus II
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Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt

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