home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ The Epic Interactive Encyclopedia 1998 / Epic Interactive Encyclopedia, The - 1998 Edition (1998)(Epic Marketing).iso / S / Satrap / INFOTEXT < prev   
Text File  |  1992-09-02  |  241b  |  7 lines
  1. Title of a provincial governor in ancient
  2. Persia. Under Darius I, the Persian Empire
  3. was divided between some 20 satrap, each
  4. owing allegiance only to the king. Later the
  5. term was used to describe any local ruler,
  6. often in a derogatory way.
  7.