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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
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He was the youngest of the three sons of Hecatomnus, all of whom held the sovereignty of their native country.Pixodarus obtained possession of the throne by the expulsion of his sister Ada, the widow of their brother Idrieus, with whom she had jointly governed Caria. [2]
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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Ada of Caria (Ancient Greek: Ἄδα) (fl. 377 – 326 BC) [1] was a member of the House of Hecatomnus (the Hecatomnids) and ruler of Caria during the mid-4th century BC, first as Persian Satrap and later as Queen under the auspices of Alexander III (the Great) of Macedon.
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