Wahbarz, a local Persian king, grabbing a defeated Greek hoplite by their hair, depicted on a coin from 200 BC. It commemorates a local uprising in ancient Iran against Greco-Macedonian forces after Alexander’s conquests. [1016×506]
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Wahbarz was a local king or ruler of Persis (Pars/Fars province of Iran) during the Hellenistic period. He wasn’t a “king of kings” like the Achaemenids, but he ruled a subregion with autonomous authority after Alexander’s conquests. He led a local uprising against the Greco-Macedonian (Seleucid) forces around 200 BC, and resisted Seleucid control over Persis.
The uprising was successful in reasserting local autonomy from the Seleucid Empire. Wahbarz managed to expel and defeat the Seleucid garrisons in the region, which allowed Persis to regain a degree of independence. However, like many other local revolts against the Seleucids, this autonomy was fragile and the Seleucids reasserted influence, until the rise of the Parthian Empire.
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahbarz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahbarz)