Demodamas Demodamid

Demodamas (334 - 272 BC) was governor of Gedrosia Until he rebelled against Seleukid rule in 279 BC. He reigned an independent Rudiana until he was captured by Seleukid forces and put to dead in 272 BC.

Rule over Gedrosia
He resorted to a highly repressive governance in an effort to control the unrurely Gerrha province, yet somehow managed to deflect blame for this to Antiochos I and managed to ally himself with the tribes he had been fighting for years.

Rule of Rudania
After independence he sent his veteran desert force north to attack Seleukid holdings when they were defeated at Susa. After this defeat Demodamas fully dedicated himself to teh cult of Dionysos and fell into a life of debauchery until being caught and executed by Antiochos Gelotopoios in 272 BC.