Oroetus
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Oroetus
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Oroetus, or Oroetes, was a Persian Satrap of Lydia, during the reigns of Cyrus the Great, Cambyses and Darius the Great, succeeding Harpagus, and being followed by Bagaeus. He is described by Herodotus in the third book of his Histories, where he achieved notoriety for the death of Polycrates, tyrant of Samos: Oroetus became the first satrap recorded as demonstrating insubordination towards the central power of Persia. When Cambyses, who succeeded his father Cyrus, died, the Persian Empire was i
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6th century BC Persian Satrap of Lydia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroetus
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2023-03-29T00:20:41Z
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