Phrasaortes

Phrasaortes was a Persian satrap of Persis under Alexander the Great c. 330 BCE.¹ He was a son of Rheomithres.¹ Phrasaortes replaced the Achaemenid satrap Ariobarzanes, who had confronted Alexander at the Battle of the Persian Gate, where he was killed.²³

Phrasaortes died at some point before the return of Alexander from India in 324 BCE.²⁴ He was replaced by Orxines, a Persian noble, without the permission of Alexander, in a direct challenge to Alexander's authority. Orxines was executed by Alexander, and replaced by the Macedonian general Peucestas.²

References

Heckel, Waldemar (2008). Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire (1 ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. p. 223. ISBN 978-1405188395.
Roisman, Joseph (2002). Brill's Companion to Alexander the Great. BRILL. p. 189. ISBN 9789004217553.
Arr. Anab. 3.18.11
Arr. Anab. 6.29.2

[Heckel-1] Heckel, Waldemar (2008). Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire (1 ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. p. 223. ISBN 978-1405188395.

[JR-2] Roisman, Joseph (2002). Brill's Companion to Alexander the Great. BRILL. p. 189. ISBN 9789004217553.

[3] Arr. Anab. 3.18.11

[4] Arr. Anab. 6.29.2

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