Hecatomids

Anatolian dynasty

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satraps of Caria

  • Caria
    In Caria

    …the rule of the native Hecatomnid dynasty. One of the rulers, Mausolus (c. 377–353 bce), transferred the capital from Mylasa to Halicarnassus, where his tomb came to rank as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. After Alexander the Great, the history of Caria is one of autonomous…

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