id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6083 Hyrcania - Wikipedia .html text/html 4272 512 71 Following Darius the Great's victory over the Magian usurper, Gaumata, in September 522 BC, revolts spread throughout the empire.[12] In December 522 BC, a revolt in support of the Median leader Phraortes erupted in Hyrcania,[2] and in March 521 BC, the Hyrcanian rebels unsuccessfully attacked Hystaspes, satrap of Parthia.[13] In May, Phraortes was defeated and Hyrcania returned to Achaemenid rule.[13] Darius later settled Hyrcanians in the settlement of Dareionkome (Greek: Δαρειονκώμη) in the Hyrcanian Plain in Lydia.[9] Other Hyrcanian settlements in the Hermus valley include Ormoita and Tyanolla.[14] According to Herodotus, Hyrcanian soldiers participated in the Second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC under the command of Megapanus.[15] After the war, a garrison composed of Hyrcanian soldiers was posted in the valleys of the rivers Hermus and Caicus.[2] Under Xerxes I, Hyrcania was likely detached from the satrapy of Parthia and administered separately.[16] Some sources imply Hyrcania was later administered as a sub-province of Media.[16] According to Ctesias, Artaxerxes I appointed his illegitimate son Ochus as satrap of Hyrcania in c. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6083.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6083.txt