Pharnaces I_
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Pharnaces I: Persian satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia (c. 565-497 BCE).
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Pharnaces Ι was a son of Arsames. He was a younger brother of Hystaspes, and therefore an uncle of Achaemenid Emperor Darius I, son of Hystaspes. He was the founder of the Pharnacid dynasty that ruled over Hellespontine Phrygia.
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