Editing Artaxerxes II (section)

===Revolt of the Satraps (372-362 BC)===
{{main|Great Satraps' Revolt}}
The Achaemenid defeat in Egypt led to unrest among the Achaemenid nobility.  From 372 BC, many western satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire started to rebel against Artaxerxes II, in the [[Great Satraps' Revolt]], starting with the powerful satrap [[Datames]]. Following the failure of [[Pharnabazus II]] in Egypt, Datames had been entrusted by the Persian king with the chief command of a force designed for the recovery of [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]], but the machinations of his enemies at the Persian court, and the risks to which he was in consequence exposed, induced him to change his plan, and throw off his allegiance to the king. He withdrew with the troops under his command into [[Cappadocia]], and made common cause with the other satraps who were revolting from Persia.

The Pharaoh Nectanebo provided financial support to the rebelling satraps and re-established ties with both Sparta and Athens.{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=377}} Artaxerxes II finally quashed the revolt of the satraps by 362 BC.