Mausolus
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Mausolus , d. 353 BC, Persian satrap, ruler over Caria (c.376-353 BC). He was always more or less independent. One of the satraps who revolted against Artaxerxes II , he later allied himself with the Persian kings. He extended his power greatly, even to hegemony over Rhodes. After his death his wife, Artemisia, erected at Halicarnassus a tomb that he had planned, called the mausoleum .
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