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The Hecatomnid dynasty or Hecatomnids were the rulers of Caria and surrounding areas c. 395 – c. 330 BCE. They were satraps (governors) under the Achaemenid Empire , although they ruled with considerable autonomy as a hereditary dynasty.
Coinage of Hekatomnos, with effigy of the Satrap. Circa 392/1-377/6 BC. Hecatomnus was a native of Mylasa, and made that city his capital and the seat of his government.. Hence the figure of Zeus Labrandenos appears on his coins walking and carrying a labrys over his shoulder, from the celebrated temple of that name near Myl
The Hecatomnids built themselves a palace on the promontory of Zephyrion, next to the older Temple of Apollo, which has since been built over by the medieval Castle of St Peter. The synoecism of Halicarnassus may have been inspired by the earlier synoecism of Rhodes , when the three major Greek cities of the island ( Ialysus , Camirus , and ...
Hecatomnus was the local ruler of the ancient city of Mylasa, which is called Milas in modern days, in region of Caria. Persian King Artaxerxes raised Hecatomnus c. 392 BC to the position of Satrap (provincial governor) of part of the Persian empire.
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