id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9372 Megabazus - Wikipedia .html text/html 1229 249 63 Megabazus became satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia. Megabazus (Old Persian: Bagavazdā or Bagabāzu, Ancient Greek: Μεγαβάζος), son of Megabates, was a highly regarded Persian general under Darius, of whom he was a first-degree cousin. Megabazus led the army of the Great King Darius I in 513 BC on the European Scythian campaign of Darius I. Main article: Achaemenid Macedonia Finally, Megabazus sent envoys to Amyntas I, king of Macedon, demanding acceptation of Persian domination, which the Macedonian accepted.[8][9] Megabazus received the present of "Earth and Water" from Amyntas, which symbolized submission to the Achaemenid Emperor.[10] Amyntas then acted as hyparch to Darius I.[11] According to Herodotus (Herodotus 6.33) Oebares was a son of Megabazus, and became satrap of Daskyleion (Hellespontine Phrygia) in 493 BC.[14][12] Megabates: Fleet Commander and Satrap of Daskyleion Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCE. Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9372.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9372.txt