Amynta ( other Greek: Αμύντας ; 4th century BC ) - Macedonian satrap of Cappadocia
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Biography
In 322 BC e. After losing to Perdikka Ariarat I, his nephew Ariarat II, along with a few close associates, fled to Armenia , where he found refuge.
A few years later, taking advantage of the ongoing strife among the dyadohs, Ariarat II, together with the army provided to him by the Armenian king Ardoat , invaded Cappadocia. She was then ruled by the Macedonian governor Amynta. Ariart defeated Aminta and, according to Diodorus of Sicily , "expelled the Macedonians from their lands in a short time and restored their original possessions."
In modern scientific literature there is an opinion that the return of Ariarat II occurred about 266 BC. e. ( K. Belokh , G. Bengtson ), or in the last years of the reign of Seleucus I (M. Schottky). However, apparently, this happened around 301 BC. e. So, I. G. Droisen believed that Amynta was the governor of Antigonus I. According to Droisen, the battle between the armies of Aminta and Ariarat II took place in the valley of Galis . Finally, O. L. Gabelko did not exclude the possibility that Ariarat II fought with the Seleucid military commander Diodorus.
Literature
- Primary sources
- Diodorus of Sicily . Historical Library (XXXI.19.4-5)
- Research
- Gabelko O. L. On the dynastic history of the Hellenistic Cappadocia: the royal house of the Ariaratids // Ancient World and Archeology. Issue 13. - Saratov, 2009.
- Droizen I.G. History of Hellenism. In 3 tons - Rostov-on-Don, 1995.
- Belokh Yu. Greek history in 2 volumes. - M., 2009.
- Bengtson H. Die Strategie in der hellenistischen Zeit III. - Mün¬chen, 1943
- Schottky M. Media Atropatena und Gross-Armenien in hellenistischer Zeit. - Bonn, 1989
- Smith W. Ariarathes // Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . - Boston, 1870.