| Mazaces | |
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| Satrap of Egypt Satrap of Mesopotamia | |
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| Predecessor | Sabaces |
| Successor | Cleomenes of Naucratis |
| Dynasty | 31st Dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Darius III |
Mazaces, alsoMazakes (Old Iranian:Mazdāka,Aramaic: 𐡌𐡆𐡃𐡊 MZDK), was the lastAchaemenidsatrap ofancient Egypt during the late reign ofDarius III of the31st Dynasty of Egypt.
Mazaces succeededSabaces after the latter's death at thebattle of Issus (333 BCE).[2] His office lasted less than a year: whenAlexander the Great invaded Egypt in late 332 BCE, Mazaces did not have enough military force to put up a resistance. Counselled byAmminapes, who knew Alexander well, Mazaces handed the country to the Macedonian without a fight, along with a treasure of 800talents of gold. This event marked the end of the short–lived second Egyptian satrapy (343–332 BCE).[3][4]
It is unknown what happened to Mazaces after this event, but Alexander assigned the role of satrap of Egypt to theGreekCleomenes of Naucratis before leaving for the East.[5]
Mazakes may have been nominated as satrap ofMesopotamia in reward for his submission, as coins in his name and in a style similar to his Egyptian predecessorSabakes, are found in this region, and the satrap of Mesopotamia at that time is otherwise unknown.[6][7][8][9]
The next satrap of Mesopotamia was Bleitor.[10]
| Preceded by | Satrap of Egypt 333 – 332 BCE[11] | Succeeded by |
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In most territories, Achaemenid rulers were succeeded byHellenistic satraps andHellenistic rulers from around 330 BC | ||
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