page_title: Megabyzus
section_title: Egyptian campaign
hierarchical_section_title: Megabyzus / Egyptian campaign
caption_attribution_description: English: With portrait detailXerxes I tomb Egyptian soldier circa 470 BCE
context_page_description: Megabyzus was an Achaemenid Persian general, son of Zopyrus, satrap of Babylonia, and grandson of Megabyzus I, one of the seven conspirators who had put Darius I on the throne. His father was killed when the satrapy rebelled in 482 BCE, and Megabyzus led the forces that recaptured the city, after which the statue of the god Marduk was destroyed to prevent future revolts. Megabyzus subsequently took part in the Second Persian invasion of Greece. Herodotus claims that he refused to act on orders to pillage Delphi, but it is doubtful such orders were ever given.
context_section_description: After this Megabyzus became satrap of Syria.  Together with Artabazus, satrap of Phrygia, he had command of the Persian armies sent to put down the revolt of Inarus in Egypt.  They arrived in 456 BC, and within two years had put down the revolt, capturing Inarus and various Athenians supporting him.
caption: Egyptian soldier, circa 470 BCE. Xerxes I tomb relief.
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