SATRAP

 

A satrap was a governor of a province of ancient Persia.

The old Persian root word kshathrapavan means guardian of the realm. There we have it.

The Achaemenian kings, such as Darius I the Great, employed the system of dividing their territory into satrapies, or provinces, over which a satrap was put in charge. See also Persian Empire.

Alexander the Great liked the idea and did the same.

FAMOUS SATRAPS
Datis was a satrap on Persian King Darius I's payroll. Datis led the Persian army at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.

Mausolus, posthumously famous for the gigantic tomb they built him at Halicarnassus (hence mausoleum), was the Persian satrap of Caria. Mausolus died in 353 BC.

After Alexander's death, Seleucus was made satrap of Babylon. The year? 321 BC.