Phrasaortes

Phrasaortes was a Persian satrap of Persis under Alexander the Great c. 330 BCE.^[1] He was a son of Rheomithres.^[1] Phrasaortes replaced the Achaemenid satrap Ariobarzanes, who had confronted Alexander at the Battle of the Persian Gate, where he was killed.^[2][3]

Phrasaortes was named satrap of Persis by Alexander

Phrasaortes died at some point before the return of Alexander from India in 324 BCE.^[2][4] He was replaced by Orxines, a Persian noble, without the permission of Alexander, in a direct challenge to Alexander's authority. Orxines was executed by Alexander, and replaced by the Macedonian general Peucestas.^[2]