In 370 BC Datames (r.385-362 BC), satrap of Cappadocia, hearing of a court conspiracy against him, revolted against his king and began attacking the cities along the northern Anatolian coast. Artaxerxes sent Autophradates with a large army against Datames, but heavy casualties were inflicted on the Persian army and the campaign had to be called off.
In 387 BC Ariobarzanes replaced Pharnabazus as satrap of Dascylium in Hellespontine Phrygia. By 367 BC Ariobarzanes controlled both sides of the Hellespont from the cities of Sestus (west) and Abydos (east). Artaxerxes declared Ariobarzanes a rebel and ordered Autophradates (by land) and Mausolus (by sea) to lay siege to the cities of Dascylium. In 366 BC Ariobarzanes allied himself with Timotheus and Agesilaus, and together they withstood the blockade. Ariobarzanes’ rebellion was finally squashed in 362 BC when he was betrayed by his son Mithridates to the Persian king; Datames was killed, betrayed by his son-in-law Mitrobarzanes.
In 362 BC Orontes-I (r.404-344 BC), satrap of Armenia, revolted after being ordered to move to Mysia. Autophradates and Mausolus both joined the rebellion, but when the revolt collapsed Mausolus retained his satrapy. To the west, however, during the Social War, seeking to thwart Athenian aggression in the Aegean, he supported Athens’ opponents.
In 366 BC Nectanebo-I (r.380-362 BC) sought the help of Sparta and Athens against the Persians. His son and coregent Teos (r.362-360 BC) supported the revolt of the Satraps. In 360 BC under Teos’ overall command a campaign was opened in Syria with Greek mercenaries headed by Agesilaus and a large fleet commanded by Chabrias. While Teos was away fighting in Syria his son declared his own son Nectanebo II (r.360-343 BC) as king. Teos fled to Susa; Chabrias returned to Athens; and Agesilaus on his way home died in Cyrenaica
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