Bagaeus ( 520-517 BCE), son of Artontes and an Achaemenid nobleman, delivering a message to the Persian guard. He was ordered by Darius I to kill Oroetes, the rebelious satrap, or provincial governor, of Lydia. Best known as the murderer of Polycrates of Samos, Bagaeus used the written orders from Darius in order to assure himself of the obedience of the bodyguards of Oreates to the orders of Darius, and when assured, produced a final order to kill Oroetes.

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Location: Lydia, Turkey
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