1. Tiribazus was highly regarded by the Persian King Artaxerxes II, and when he was present, so Xenophon tells us, no one else had the honour of helping the sovereign to mount his horse.
17 Facts About Tiribazus
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Until 395 BC, Tiribazus served as the hyparch of Western Armenia.
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Tiribazus was holding this office when, in 393 BC, Antalcidas was sent to negotiate, through him, a peace for Sparta with the Persian king.
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In 392 BC, while the Corinthian War was being contested amongst the Greek states, Tiribazus received envoys from the major belligerents of that war, and held a conference in which a proposal for ending the war was discussed.
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That discussion failed, but Tiribazus, convinced that Athens was becoming a threat to Persia in the Aegean, secretly provided funds to rebuild the Spartan fleet.
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However, five years later, in 387 BC, Tiribazus was again in power, and worked together with the Spartan general Antalcidas to rebuild the Spartan fleet as a threat to Athenian interests in the region.
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Tiribazus represented Artaxerxes at the ensuing negotiations, which led to the Peace of Antalcidas.
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Tiribazus was assigned to the lead the Persian navy, while Orontes I, the satrap of Armenia, led the land forces.
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Tiribazus reportedly knew Orontes from his early days in Armenia, where he had served as the hyparch of its western part till 395 BC.
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Tiribazus was inclined to accept the offer, but the negotiations failed after Evagoras refused to cede his status as king.
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The negotiations between Evagoras and Tiribazus led to Orontes to send a number of accusations to Artaxerxes II, which mentioned that Tiribazus was deliberately prolonging the war and planning to declare independence.
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Glos, who was the father-in-law of Tiribazus, fearing for his own position, started plotting against Artaxerxes II and secretly making peace with Egypt and Sparta.
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Meanwhile, Tiribazus was pardoned and restored to his former position.
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Tiribazus now stood higher than ever in the royal favour, and received a promise of the hand of Amestris, the king's daughter.
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Tiribazus' plans were betrayed to Artaxerxes by a eunuch, and the conspirators were found out.
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Tiribazus offered a desperate resistance to the guards who endeavored to arrest him, and was slain with a javelin.
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Tiribazus had a son, Arpates, who later killed Artaxerxes's favored son, Arsames.