Gistasp ( other Persian Vištāspa; V century BC ) - the son of the Persian king Xerxes I , satrap of Bactria
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Biography
Gistasp was one of the youngest sons of Xerxes from a marriage with Amestrid .
According to Diodorus of Sicily , during the death of his father, Gistaspas ruled Bactria, therefore he was not at court. Shortly after the coup, according to Ctesias , against Artaxerxes I, the “other” Artaban, who controlled this satrapy, rebelled (named so as to prevent confusion with one of the conspirators against Xerxes). There were two battles between the Bactrians and government forces. During the first "no one achieved the advantage." However, during the next battle, Artaxerxes, using the fact that the wind blew the rebels in the face, defeated them and regained control of Bactria.
It is possible that, contrary to the words of Ctesias, it was Gistasp who led the speech against the central government. As a result, Artaxerxes was able to destroy this own brother as another contender for the throne. Such is the opinion, for example, Dandamaev M.A.
However, the version is not excluded that Gistasp was killed shortly after the death of his father and elder brother , and Bactria was transferred to the control of Artaban, who then really raised an uprising.
Literature
- Primary sources
- Diodorus of Sicily . Historical Library (XI.69.2)
- Ctesias . Peach (31)
- Research
- Dandamaev M. A. "The political history of the Achaemenid state." Moscow, 1985.
- Rung E.V. Tissafern and Gidarnides in the context of the political history of the Achaemenid state in the 5th century BC e.