Mascames
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Mascames
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Mascames, also spelled Maskames was a Persian official and military commander, who flourished during the reign of Xerxes I (r. 486–465). He was the son of Megadostes, and was appointed governor of Doriscus in 480 BC by Xerxes I, succeeding the governor who had been appointed by Darius the Great. According to Herodotus, Mascames resisted all Greek attacks following the Second Persian invasion of Greece, and remained thus known as the only remaining Persian governor in Europe. Though the Greeks ma
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5th-century BC Persian official and military commander
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascames
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2023-11-26T23:35:27Z
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