Youtab meaning "unique" in

Old Persian Old Persian is one of two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of the Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native speakers as (I ...

(4th century BC – 330 BC) was an ancient Persian noblewoman. She was the sister of Ariobarzanes, Satrap of Persis. She is notable for fighting alongside her brother against Macedonian King

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

at the

Battle of the Persian Gate The Battle of the Persian Gate took place as part of the Wars of Alexander the Great. In the winter of 330 BC, Ariobarzanes of Persis led a last stand with his outnumbered Persian army at the Persian Gates, Persian Gate, near Persepolis, and hel ...

in the winter of 330 BC. In the main sources, the name of Youtab is not found as the sister of Achaemenid Ariobarzanes. The name of Youtab as the sister of Ariobarzanes was mentioned later in the Parthian period, when a person named

Ariobarzanes II of Atropatene Ariobarzanes II of AtropateneSwan, ''The Augustan Succession: An Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio’s Roman History, Books 55-56 (9 B.C.-A.D. 14)'', p.114 also known as Ariobarzanes of Media;Bunson, ''Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire'', p.36 A ...

, who is said to have been the local king of

Atropatene Atropatene (; ; ), also known as Media Atropatene, was an ancient Iranian peoples, Iranian kingdom established in by the Persian satrap Atropates (). The kingdom, centered in present-day Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan region in northwestern Ira ...

had a sister named

Iotapa (daughter of Artavasdes I) Iotapa may refer to: People A number of relatives, part of the Royal Family of Commagene: * (1) Iotapa (daughter of Artavasdes I) (born in 43 BC), daughter of King Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene, Queen consort of King Mithridates III of Commage ...

. Regarding Ariobarzen and Youtab, there has been an unknowing family and time shift (

anachronism An anachronism (from the Greek , 'against' and , 'time') is a chronological inconsistency in some arrangement, especially a juxtaposition of people, events, objects, language terms and customs from different time periods. The most common type ...

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Persian people of the Greco-Persian Wars 330 BC deaths Year of birth unknown 4th-century BC Iranian people Women in ancient Near Eastern warfare 4th-century BC women Opponents of Alexander the Great Iranian princesses Military personnel of the Achaemenid Empire killed in action Women from the Achaemenid Empire Asian people whose existence is disputed {{Iran-mil-bio-stub