- For the satrap of Persis and opponent of Alexander the Great, see Ariobarzanes (satrap of Persis).
Ariobarzanes (in
Greek Ἀριoβαρζάνης), (
Old Persian: Ariyabrdhna,
Ariyaubrdhna)
Ariobarzan or spelled as
Ario Barzan or
Aryo Barzan, perhaps signifying "
exalting the Aryans" (death: crucified in c. 362 BCE), sometimes known as Ariobarzanes I of Cius, was a
Persian Satrap of
Phrygia and military commander, leader of an independence revolt, and the first known of the line of rulers of the
Greek town of
Cius from which were eventually to stem the kings of
Pontus in the 3rd century BCE. Ariobarzanes was apparently a cadet member of the
Achaimenid dynasty, specifically its branch which had settled to hold
Dascylium of Hellespont in the 470s BCE. Cius is located near Dascylium, and Cius seemingly was a share of family holdings for the branch of Ariobarzanes.
