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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.
The basic rule of governance was based upon loyalty and obedience of each satrapy to the central power, or the king, and compliance with tax laws.
Despite the relative local independence afforded by the satrapy system, royal inspectors, the eyes and ears of the king, toured the empire and reported on local conditions.
Darius had recruited the finest cavalry from his eastern satrapies.
Alexander, however, appointed independent boards to collect tribute and taxes from the satrapies, which appeared to do nothing more than improve the efficiency of government.
The true effect, however, was to separate the civil from the financial function of these satrapies, thus ensuring that these governments, while technically independent of him, never truly were.
