id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3631 Orontes I - Wikipedia .html text/html 1746 365 73 Orontes I or Yervand I (Old Persian: *Arvanta-) was an Bactrian nobleman,[1] who ruled as satrap of the Achaemenid satrapy of Armenia from 401 to 344 BC. Satrap of Armenia[edit] Orontes was given these Satrapies of Armenis in 401 BC for supporting the Persian king Artaxerxes II in the Battle of Cunaxa against Cyrus the Younger. Satrap of Mysia[edit] From around 362-361, Orontes is said to be "Satrap of Mysia", and there is various proof of his activity in the region and around Pergamon.[9][10] In 355 BC he rebelled against the new king of the Achaemenid Empire, Artaxerxes III. Xenophon's Anabasis mentions that the region near the river Centrites was defended by the Satrap of Armenia for Artaxerxes II and named Orontes son of Artasyrus who had Armenian contingents. His successor was Darius III and after Codomannus these Satrapies were ruled by Orontes II. "Orontes, Satrap of Mysia". Darius III (satrap) Orontes II (satrap) Orontes II (satrap) Orontes III ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3631.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3631.txt