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3 unusual facts about Pharnabazus


Pharnabazus

Pharnabazus I (fl. 455–430 BCE), satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia

Pharnabazus III (c. 370 – after 320 BC), grandson of the above, a general who resisted the invasion of Alexander the Great.

Pharnabazus II (fl. 422–387 BCE), grandson of the above, satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia


Battle of Abydos

Learning of Dorieus's plight, Mindarus hurried from Troy, where he had been sacrificing to Athena, to Abydos, while Pharnabazus brought his army up to support Dorieus from the land.


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