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Coin of Spithridates, Achaemenid Satrap of Sparda (Lydia and Ionia), circa 334 BC
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Index


Satrap
Lydia
Autophradates
Troad
Biga River
Turkey
Achaemenid Empire
Achaemenid Empire
Wars of Alexander the Great
Battle of the Granicus

Old Persian
*Spiθradātaʰ
Ancient Greek
Σπιθριδάτης
Persian
satrap
Lydia
Ionia
high king
Darius III Codomannus
Battle of the Granicus
Alexander the Great
Cleitus the Black

Battle of Granicus
Charles le Brun
Diodorus
Mithridates

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