Sentence example with the word 'satraps'

satraps

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To meet the invader the great king had in Asia Minor an army slightly larger, it would seem, than Alexander's, gathered under the satraps of the western provinces at Zeleia.   [Please select]

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The satraps carried out the laws and collected the heavy tribute annually levied throughout the empire.   [Please select]

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Near the little river Granicus the satraps of Asia Minor had gathered an army to dispute his passage.   [Please select]

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CHAPTER II _SHIFTING SCENES_ Character of the early colonizing Chinese satraps--Revolt of the western satrap and flight of the Emperor in 842 B.   [Please select]

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There were provisions in the system by which the king might be apprised of the disloyalty of his satraps.   [Please select]

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All the instances we have of satrapal coins were issued by satraps invested with the command of armies.   [Please select]

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About the end of the fifth century a coinage was issued from these mints which is ascribed to uncertain satraps.   [Please select]

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The King was on his throne, The Satraps[153-1] throng'd the hall; A thousand bright lamps shone O'er that high festival.'   [Please select]

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[Illustration] FOOTNOTES: [153-1] The satraps were the governors of the provinces, who ruled under the king and were accountable to him.   [Please select]

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We should naturally suppose that Cyrus, with the kings of Asia prostrate before his satraps, would have been contented to enjoy the fruits of his labors; but there is no limit to man's ambition.   [Please select]

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(1) The coinage of the Great King; (2) The coinage of the tributary Greek towns; (3) The coinage of the tributary dynasties; (4) The coinage occasionally struck for the satraps, chiefs of the Persian army.   [Please select]

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