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Definition of Satraps
1. satrap [n] - See also: satrap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Satraps
Literary usage of Satraps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Greece by George Grote (1859)
"In the new position of Alexander, his principal subjects of uneasiness were, the
satraps and the Macedonian soldiers. During the long interval (more ..."
2. Greece: I. Legendary Greece.: II. Grecian History to the Reign of by George Grote (1899)
"In the new position of Alexander, his principal subjects of uneasiness were, the
satraps and the Macedonian soldiers. During the long interval (more than ..."
3. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"Alexander'i Measures for completing the reduction of the northern Pro- rinces.
Surrender of sereral satraps; of the Grecian Troops in the Persian service ..."
4. A History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1852)
"Treachery of the satraps. movement proposed by ... who, as his creditors, felt
an interest in his safety, that the principal satraps, at the instigation of ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"The satraps, whom he was obliged to trust, embraced the first opportunity of
regaining the affection of their countrymen, ..."
6. A Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins by Sir George Francis Hill (1899)
"Delegated Coinage : the satraps. We have already mentioned the subsidiary coinages
of the Persian Empire : those coinages which, to meet the military ..."
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