Ervand (Aroandes) I Satrap of Armenia [61605]

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The first Armenian dynasty was that of the Ervanduni, from the name Errand (Eruand), known in Greek historiography in the form Orontes or Aroandes. But it was a short-lived sovereignty, for the Ervanduni were soon subjugated to the rule of Darius I, who shared out their territory between the two satrapies, the xin and thexvin, of his administrative system. Thus, among the twenty-three populations dominated by Darius were the Armenians, alongside the Medes and the Susians, in Adapadana of Persepolis.



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In 401 BC Artaxerxes gave him his daughter Rhodogoune in marriage. In two inscriptions of king Antiochus I of Commagene on his monument at Nemrut an Orontes, called Aroandes (son of Artasouras and husband of Artaxerxes's daughter Rhodogoune), is reckoned, among others, as an ancestor of the Orontids ruling over Commagene , who traced back their family to Darius I . Diodorus Siculus mentions another Orontes, possibly the same, that in 362 BC was satrap of Mysia and was the leaders of the revolting satraps of Asia Minor for which position he was best fitting because of his noble birth and his hatred of the king. Misled by his love of power and fraud, he betrayed his fellow satraps to the king. But he revolted a second time, probably owing to his dissatisfaction with the king's rewards, and launched several attacks, which were continued in the reign of the new king Artaxerxes III Ochus . During that time he also conquered and occupied the town of Pergamum , but finally he must have become reconciled with the king. In 349 he was honored by a decree of the Athenians with the civic rights and a golden wreath. Many coins were struck by him during the Satraps' Revolt in Clazomenae , Phocaea , and Lampsacus . All subsequent Orontids are his descendants. Darius III was the satrap of Armenia following Orontes, from 344 to 336 BC. An Armenian contingent was present at the Battle of Gaugamela under the command of Orontes and a certain Mithraustes. Diodorus mentions that Orontes was a friend of the Macedonian general Peucestas Armenia formally passed to the Macedonian Empire, as its rulers submitted to Alexander the Great . Alexander appointed an Orontid named Mithranes to govern Armenia following the defeat of Orontes II. With the agreement at Babylon after Alexander's death (323 BC) Armenia was assigned to Neoptolemus 1, and kept it till his death in battle in 321 BC. Around 302 BC the capital was transferred from Armavir to Yervandashat by Orontes.

Ervand married Rodogune of Persia [61606] [MRIN: 551617691], daughter of Artaxerxes II King of Persia [60692] and Stateira of Armenia [61607].