Apollodorus of Susiana

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Apollodorus was a governor, or satrap, of Susiana. He was appointed to this office by the ruler Antiochus III the Great, after the rebellion of his general Molon and his brother Alexander had been put down, in 220 BCE. [1]

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  1. Polybius, The Histories 5.54

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Smith, William (1870). "Apollodorus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. p. 235.

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