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Tennes
Tennes | |
|---|---|
 Coinage of Sidon, dated 351/0 BC. Phoenician pentekonter sailing left. Date above (here faint), waves below. King of Persia standing right, holding up lion by lock of mane; Aramaic letters taw and ayin between. | |
| Allegiance | Achaemenid Empire |
| Years of service | Circa 351-346 BC |
| Rank | King of Sidon |
| Battles / wars | Revolt against the Achaemenid Empire |
Sidon
The capital of Tennet was Sidon.
Tennes (Ancient Greek: Τέννης;[1] Tabnit II in the Phoenician language[2]) was a King of Sidon under the Achaemenid Empire, who ruled the Phoenician city-state of Sidon from (r. c. 351 – c. 346 BC),[3] having been associated in power by his father since the 380s.[4] It remains uncertain whether his known heir and successor, Tennes, was his son or some other close relative.[5] His predecessor was Abdashtart I (in Greek, Straton I),[6] the son of Baalshillem II
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, 16.42–16.45
- ^ Stronk, Jan (2016). Semiramis' Legacy: The History of Persia According to Diodorus of Sicily. Edinburgh University Press. p. 259. ISBN 9781474414265.
- ^ Elayi 2006.
- ^ Sagona, C. (ed.), Beyond the Homeland: Markers in Phoenician Chronology (Leuven, 2008), p. 105
- ^ Sagona, C. (ed.), Beyond the Homeland: Markers in Phoenician Chronology (Leuven, 2008), p. 106
- ^ Markoe, Glenn (2000). Phoenicians. U of California P. pp. 58–. ISBN 9780520226142.
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