House of Amyrtaeus

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The House of Amyrtaeus was the short-lived royal family that founded and ruled Egypt’s Twenty-eighth Dynasty during a brief period of native independence from Persian control in the late 5th century BCE.

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House of Amyrtaeus canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian royal house ⓘ
dynastic house ⓘ
associatedCity Sais ⓘ
capital Sais ⓘ
characteristic native Egyptian ⓘ
short-lived ⓘ
chronologicalPosition between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-ninth Dynasties of Egypt ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
duration approximately 5 years ⓘ
dynastyNumber 28 ⓘ
endCause accession of Nepherites I of the Twenty-ninth Dynasty ⓘ
overthrow and execution of Amyrtaeus ⓘ
endTime 399 BCE ⓘ
era Late Period of ancient Egypt ⓘ
followedBy Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
reasserted Achaemenid influence in Egypt ⓘ
founder Amyrtaeus of Sais ⓘ
linked to: Amyrtaeus
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
historicalContext period between two phases of Persian domination of Egypt ⓘ
knownFrom Egyptian inscriptions (limited) ⓘ
classical sources ⓘ
language Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
legitimacyBasis native resistance to Persian rule ⓘ
namedAfter Amyrtaeus of Sais ⓘ
linked to: Amyrtaeus
notableMember Amyrtaeus ⓘ
opposed Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
overthrew Achaemenid satrapal administration in Egypt ⓘ
politicalRole restoration of brief Egyptian independence from Persia ⓘ
politicalStatus native Egyptian royal house independent of Persia ⓘ
precededBy Achaemenid rule in Egypt (First Persian Period) ⓘ
region Lower Egypt ⓘ
regnalTitleOfRuler Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ
religion Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
ruledDynasty Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
startTime 404 BCE ⓘ
succeededByRulerFrom House of Nectanebo (Thirtieth Dynasty) ⓘ
linked to: House of Nectanebo
timePeriod late 5th century BCE ⓘ

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Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt → regnalHouse → House of Amyrtaeus ⓘ