Satrap

Satrap (Greek σατράπης satrápēs, Latinization Satrapes, from Old Persian xšaθrapā(van), i.e. "protector of the land/country") was the name given to the governors of the provinces in the ancient Median and Persian Achaemenid empires and in several of their heirs, as Sassanid and oriental hellenistic empires.

Related Topics:
Greek - Provinces - Achaemenid - Sassanid

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In Modern Persian, it is spelled ساتراپ.

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