page_title: Artaphernes
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Artaphernes / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Satrapy of Lydia
context_page_description: Artaphernes, flourished circa 513–492 BC, was a brother of the Achaemenid king of Persia, Darius I, satrap of Lydia from the capital of Sardis, and a Persian general. In his position he had numerous contacts with the Greeks, and played an important role in suppressing the Ionian Revolt.
caption: Artaphernes was satrap of Lydia.
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