id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3960 Lydia (satrapy) - Wikipedia .html text/html 1130 163 72 Lydian soldier of the Achaemenid army, circa 480 BCE. The name for Lydia as an Achaemenid territory in the DNa inscription of Darius the Great (circa 490 BC): Sparda (𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭). Tabalus, appointed by Cyrus the Great, was the first satrap; however, his rule did not last long as the Lydians revolted. Bagaeus himself may have become satrap for a short period, but the next rulers were Otanes and Darius' younger brother, Artaphernes. Ionian revolt (499 BCE)[edit] Invasion of Greece (480-479 BCE)[edit] Coin of Autophradates, Achaemenid Satrap of Sparda (Lydia and Ionia), circa 380s-350s BCE. Tissaphernes became satrap of Lydia in 415 BC and continued to fight Amorges, son of Pissuthnes. The satrap was executed and replaced by Tiribazus, who restored order in Lydia and was responsible for a series of treaties between the Persian king and the Greek city states. Main article: List of satraps of Lydia Achaemenid Satraps of Lydia (546–334 BC) Categories: Achaemenid satraps of Lydia ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3960.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3960.txt