Mithrobuzanes

Mithrobuzanes (Greek: Μιθροβουζάνης; d. 334 BC) was a Persian governor (satrap) of Cappadocia in the 4th century BC, in the reign of Darius III. As a Persian military commander he was killed at the Battle of Granicus fighting Alexander the Great.[1][2]

The victorious Alexander appointed Abistamenes in his place.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Arrian 1.16.3
  2. ↑ Diodorus 17.21.3
  3. ↑ Arrian 2.4.2
  4. ↑ Curtius Rufus 3.4.1


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