{"slug": "hyrcania", "label": "Hyrcania", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrcania", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48726", "qid": "Q48726", "description": "satrapy of Persia", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-422, 579], "span_label": ["423 BCE", "579 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}], "related": [{"slug": "caspian-sea", "label": "Caspian Sea", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "parthia", "label": "Parthia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gokturks", "label": "Göktürks", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greater-khorasan", "label": "Greater Khorasan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyprus", "label": "Cyprus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-army", "label": "Byzantine army", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tigris", "label": "Tigris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maurice-emperor", "label": "Maurice (emperor)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantinesassanid-war-of-572591", "label": "Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seleucid", "label": "Seleucid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antiochus-iii-the-great", "label": "Antiochus III the Great", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -422, "year_label": "423 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ochus, satrap of Hyrcania and son of Artaxerxes I and a Babylonian concubine, seizes the Persian throne from his half brother Secydianus (or Sogdianus), whom he has executed. The new king rules as Darius II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360180006#Persian_empire", "title": "423 BC", "revid": 1360180006, "section": "Events › By place › Persian empire"}}, {"year": -329, "year_label": "330 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Crossing the Elburz Mountains to the Caspian Sea, Alexander seizes Zadracarta in Hyrcania and receives the submission of a group of satraps and Persian notables, some of whom he confirms in their offices. He then travels westward and defeats the Mardi, a mountain people who inhabit the Elburz Mountains. He also accepts the surrender of Darius' Greek mercenaries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326554346#Macedonian_Empire", "title": "330 BC", "revid": 1326554346, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonian Empire"}}, {"year": -322, "year_label": "323 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Phrataphernes rules Parthia and Hyrcania;", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311163255#Macedonian_Empire", "title": "323 BC", "revid": 1311163255, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonian Empire"}}, {"year": -208, "year_label": "209 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The King of the Parthians, Arsaces II, is attacked by the Seleucid king Antiochus III, who takes Hecatompylos (southeast of the Caspian Sea), the Arsacid capital and Syrinx in Hyrcania. Antiochus III defeats Arsaces II at the Battle of Mount Labus and then forces Arsaces II to enter into an alliance with the Seleucids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300115697#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "209 BC", "revid": 1300115697, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": 578, "year_label": "578 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine–Sassanid War: A Byzantine army under command of Maurice (magister militum per Orientem) invades Upper Mesopotamia, and raids on both sides of the Tigris. He deports 70,000 captives from Hyrcania to Cyprus, and installs military colonists to guard the strategic locations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801573#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "578", "revid": 1340801573, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 579, "year_label": "579 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Hormizd IV refuses to give up territories, and breaks off negotiations with the Byzantine Empire. The Türks invade Khorasan and reach Hyrcania on the Caspian Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267073496#Persia", "title": "579", "revid": 1267073496, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}]}