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STATUS RERUM MORTUO SELEUCO SUB FINE ANNI
281 a.C.
B.C.
282. — Plolemy possessed Egypt, Cyreiie, Cyprus (since -iO.j^), ami pail of simtli Syria.
SeleicKx possesseil all the eastern satrapies, iiR-luiling .Armenia, further C'appadocia, I'hrygia, Cilicia, and northern
half of Syria.
Li Arnieiiia, after Drontes the friend of Eunienes, lulers were native and probably liereditary, wliose dependence
upon Seleuc\i9 was confined to speciHed services.
In south C'appadocia, Ariarthes, son of the Ariarthes executed by Eumenes in 32-2, made himself ruler, driving out
the Macedonian forces. He ohtaineil the satrapy for himself and heire by recognizing the suzerainty of Seleucus.
Atrcipatene, that is, thai part of Media bordering on Armenia, since it was named after the Persian Atropates, was
prol)ably in a .similar position.
298, aeg.—Patrocles, prae/ecliu c-ta.