We are faced by vast satrapies in these self-perpetuating oligarchies, which are there and are difficult to remove.
In doing so, we of course make them dependencies; we make them satrapies.
Darius, meanwhile, dispatched letters to his eastern satrapies asking them to remain loyal.
A satrapy was an administrative unit, usually organized on a geographical basis.
Bactria was a special satrapy in that it was ruled by a crown prince or an intended heir.
This satrapy was later broken up and recombined.
He allowed a certain amount of regional autonomy in each state, in the form of a satrapy system.
It is not mentioned as a satrapy in the inscription, because it was included in a larger satrapy of the empire.
