130k views
4 votes
What is a Persian provincial governor called?

User Aknew
by
7.9k points

2 Answers

5 votes

A governor of an Persian province was called a Satrap

User Eduardo Yupanqui
by
8.8k points
1 vote

A governor of an ancient Persian province was called a satrap. These areas ruled by satraps were called "satrapies." The Persian emperor Cyrus the Great first chose satraps to rule individual provinces, around 530 BCE.

User Mattmoor
by
8.0k points

Related questions

asked Dec 27, 2017 51.0k views
Jeffrey Harper asked Dec 27, 2017
by Jeffrey Harper
7.9k points
2 answers
0 votes
51.0k views
asked Aug 1, 2018 142k views
Rodrigo Caballero asked Aug 1, 2018
by Rodrigo Caballero
8.4k points
2 answers
3 votes
142k views