id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1143 Arsames (satrap of Egypt) - Wikipedia .html text/html 1476 253 72 Arsames (satrap of Egypt) Wikipedia Arsames (satrap of Egypt) Arsames (also called Sarsamas and Arxanes, from Old Persian Aršāma[2]) was an Achaemenid satrap of ancient Egypt during the 5th century BC, at the time of the 27th Dynasty of Egypt. According to Ctesias, Sarsamas was appointed satrap by general Megabyzus.[3] Previously, an ancient Egyptian prince called Inaros openly revolted against Artaxerxes I and the Achaemenid rule and slain in battle the late satrap, Achaemenes. It is known that in 423 BC he supported Darius II in his successful coup d'état, and later he was called back to Susa in Persia between 410 and 407/6 as reported by other documents, among these some exchange letters with his estate manager Nakhtihor[2][6] and with a man named Artavant who probably acted as satrap of Egypt ad interim.[7] From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Achaemenid satraps of Egypt ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1143.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1143.txt