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Orontes I

500 BC - 363 BC

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Orontes I (Old Persian: *Arvanta-; died 344 BC) was a military officer of the Achaemenid Empire and satrap of Armenia at the end of the 5th-century BC and first half of the 4th-century BC. He is notable for having led the unsuccessful Great Satraps' Revolt in Asia Minor against the Achaemenids from 362/1 BC to 360/359 BC. He was the son of Artasyrus, a high-ranking Bactrian nobleman. Through his maternal line, Orontes traced his descent back to the Persian magnate Hydarnes, one of the six companions of the King of Kings Darius the Great (r. 522–486 BC). Orontes first appears in records in 401 BC as the satrap of Armenia. There he participated in the Battle of Cunaxa, where he pursued the Ten Thousand following their retreat. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Orontes I is the 13,742nd most popular politician (down from 11,941st in 2019). (down from 2,943rd in 2019)

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Among politicians, Orontes I ranks 13,742 out of 19,576Before her are Neferhotep III, Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Youcef Yousfi, Neelie Kroes, František Kriegel, and George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer. After her are Justo Rufino Barrios, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, Dimitrios Rallis, Carl Bonde, and Nubnefer.

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Among people born in 500 BC, Orontes I ranks 81Before her are Musaeus of Athens, Androtion, Myrtis of Anthedon, Stateira, Amyntas II of Macedon, and Panyassis. After her are Ariobarzanes of Phrygia, Cadmus of Miletus, Tithraustes, Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene, Tiribazus, and Pharnabazus I. Among people deceased in 363 BC, Orontes I ranks 1

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