Stasanor

Perhaps Stasanor fell into the retinue of Alexander after the conquest of Cyprus in 332 BC. e., but first mentioned during the conquest of Bactria , where he opposed the satrap Arsak , whom Alexander suspected of treason. After a joint victory with the satrap of Parthia Fratafern , Stasanor joined Alexander in the city of Zariaspe in the fall of 328 BC. e., passing him alive Arsacus and the satrap appointed by Bess Barthes Brasan ^[2] .

The reward for the Cypriot was the satrapy Aria, soon renamed Drangiana , which he controlled during the Indian campaign of the Macedonians. Stasanor met the returning king in Kerman , after which he returned to satrapy ^[3] . The death of Alexander of Macedon in 323 BC e. left him lord of Drangiana, but by agreement in Triparadis two years later, Stasanor received Bactria and Sogdiana ^[4] .

Being virtually independent of the central government, the satrap actively participated in the war of the diadochi, supporting Eumenes in his struggle with Antigone One-Eyed . However, the victory of the latter did not change the state of affairs in any way, since it took time and military resources that Antigon himself needed to remove the governor of Bactria ^[5] .

Around 305 BC e. Seleucus took power over Bactria ^[6] , the fate of Stasanor remained unknown.

Stasanor was a contemporary and compatriot of the philosopher- peripatetic Clearch of Sol , who was a pupil of Aristotle and who participated in the founding of the city of Alexandria on the Oaks in Bactria.

• William Smith Stasanor // Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , Boston, (1867)
• Popov A.A. Greco-Bactrian kingdom. - SPb. : Publishing House of St. Petersburg University, 2008. - 240 p.