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Tennes

d. c. 345 BCE · 4th century BCE

Tennes was king of Sidon in the mid-4th century BCE. Around 351 BCE he led the Phoenician cities in revolt against the Persian king Artaxerxes III, with Egyptian help. When Artaxerxes advanced on the city, Tennes betrayed it to him, but the Sidonians burned their own city and Tennes was executed.

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