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Cappadocia (fromOld Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣Katpatuka) was asatrapy (province) of theAchaemenid Empire located inAnatolia (modern-dayTurkey). It was used by the Achaemenids to administer the regions beyond theTaurus Mountains and theEuphrates river.
The Satrapy belonged to the third tax district and paid an estimated 360 talents a year in tribute. The first satrap (governor) known by name isAriaramnes, who ruled sometime at the beginning of the reign of the Achaemenid kingDarius the Great. His successors are unknown, althoughGobryas, the half brother ofXerxes, commanded the Cappadocians in 480 BCE. During the reign ofArtaxerxes II, Cappadocia was divided, becomingPaphlagonia andCappadocia Proper.Datames (abridged from Datamithra) then became the satrap of southern Cappadocia; he led a revolt and was later assassinated in 362 BCE. The last Achaemenid satrap of Cappadocia wasMithrobuzanes, who died in 334 BCE at theBattle of the Granicus fightingAlexander's invading army.[1]
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See alsoTaxation districts of the Achaemenid Empire(according toHerodotus) | ||