Spithridates
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Spithridates was replaced by the Hellenistic satrap Asander in his territories.
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Sources
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Spithridates (2)"Template:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Boston, (1867)
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- Opponents of Alexander the Great
- 334 BC deaths
- Achaemenid satraps of Lydia
- Military leaders of the Achaemenid Empire
- 4th-century BC Iranian people
- Darius III
- Year of birth unknown
- Achaemenid satraps of Ionia
- Military personnel of the Achaemenid Empire killed in action