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Mausolus

Mausolus (Ancient Greek: Μαύσωλος or Μαύσσωλλος, Carian: 𐊲𐊸𐊫𐊦 Mauśoλ) was a ruler of Caria (377–353 BCE) and a satrap of the Achaemenid Empire. He enjoyed the status of king or dynast by virtue of the powerful position created by his father Hecatomnus (Carian: 𐊴𐊭𐊪𐊳𐊫 K̂tmño), who was the first satrap of Caria from the hereditary Hecatomnid dynasty.…

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Born
Caria (modern-day Turkey)
Burial
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Consort
Artemisia II
Died
353 BCE Halicarnassus, Caria, Achaemenid Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey)
Father
Hecatomnus
House
Hecatomnids

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Lycia · 48
Mausolus → Achaemenid, Achaemenids, After, Although, Ancient Greek, Arppakhu, Artemisia, Arttum, Autophradates, BCE, By, Byzantium, Caria, Cyrus, Delian League, Erbbina, From, Great, Harpagus, He
related to Revolt of the Satraps · 28
Mausolus → Achaemenid Empire, Also, Anatolia, Another, Ariobarzanes, Artaxerxes, Artaxerxes II, Artaxerxes II Memnon, Autophradates, BCE, Diodorus, Diodorus Siculus, Egypt, Great Revolt, Greek, Hellespontine Phrygia, King Agesilaus II, Levant, Lydia, Mysia
related to Building projects · 27
Mausolus → Alexander, Apollo, Artemisia, Carian, Carians, Castle, Elder, Euralium, Great, Greek, Halicarnassus, Hecatomnid, Its, Leleges, Medmasa, Mylasa, New, Pedasus, Pliny, Sibde
related to Social War · 26
Mausolus → After, All, Among, Anatolia, Antalcidas, Artaxerxes II, Artemisia, Athenians, Athens, BCE, Byzantium, Caria, Chios, Corinthian War, Delian League, Greek, Greeks, King Agesilaus II, Peace, Rhodes
related to Mausoleum at Halicarnassus · 23
Mausolus → Anatolian, Artemisia, Bryaxis, Greek, Greeks, Halicarnassus, Hecatomnus, Ionian Renaissance, It, Leochares, Lycia, Mausoleum, Mylasa, Nereid Monument, Paros, Pythis, Satyrus, Scopas, The, The Mausoleum
related to Tyrannical reputation · 20
Mausolus → Achaemenid Great King, Aristotle, Artaxerxes, Artaxerxes II Memnon, Carian, Carians, Condalos, Economics, Greeks, He, If, Lycia, Lycian, Lycians, Mylasa, No, Polyaenus, The, The Economics, While
related to Death · 17
Mausolus → Archaeological, Artemisia, BCE, Demosthenes, Diodorus Siculus, Elder, Halicarnassus, It, Labraunda, Liberty, Mausoleum, Modern, On, Pliny, Rhodians, Social War, When Mausolus
related to 'Hellenisation' and the Ionian Renaissance · 12
Mausolus → All, Caria, Carianisation, Halicarnassus, Hecatomnids, Hellenic, Hellenisation, Hellenistic Period, Ionian Renaissance, It, Many, Priene
related to Name · 12
Mausolus → Ancient Greek, Carian, Greek, Hieroglyphic Luwian, It, Ma, Mauśoλ, Other, Pnuśoλ/Punwśoλ, The, This, Uśoλ
related to Early life · 11
Mausolus → Aba, BCE, Caria, Carian, Caunos, Hecatomnus, The, Their, They, Tissaphernes, Whether Mausolus

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artemisia bce lycia halicarnassus satrap caria greek mausoleum carian may died satraps revolt war artaxerxes city also ancient hecatomnus ii

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MausolusBornCaria (modern-day Turkey)1.00infobox
MausolusBurialMausoleum of Halicarnassus1.00infobox
MausolusConsortArtemisia II1.00infobox
MausolusDied353 BCE Halicarnassus, Caria, Achaemenid Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey)1.00infobox
MausolusFatherHecatomnus1.00infobox
MausolusHouseHecatomnids1.00infobox
MausolusIn office377–353 BCE1.00infobox
MausolusPredecessorHecatomnus1.00infobox
MausolusSuccessorArtemisia II1.00infobox
Datames or Ariobarzanesinstance ofunlike more flagrant rebels0.80text
Prieneinstance ofand which continued in the early Hellenistic Period at sites0.80text
the Nereid Monument at Xanthos in Lyciainstance ofcombining Greek architectural styles with those of Anatolian structures0.80text

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