Orontobates of Caria (Person, Concept)

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Orontobates of Caria (en), Orontopates (de), Orontobates (es), Orontopate (it)Additional labels
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Orontopates (en)

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Orontobates (in Greek Ὀρoντoβάτης. Old Persian Aurandabad, lived 4th century BC) was a Persian, who married the daughter of Pixodarus, the usurping satrap of Caria, and was sent by the king of Persia to succeed him. On the approach of Alexander the Great of Macedon (334 BC) Orontobates and Memnon of Rhodes entrenched themselves in Halicarnassus.

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