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In the Manethonian tradition, Salitis (Greek ''(unicode:Σάλιτις)'', also Salatis or Saites) was the first Hyksos king, the one who subdued and ruled Lower Egypt and founded the 15th Dynasty. ==Biography== Salitis is mainly known from few passages of the Flavius Josephus' work ''Contra Apionem''; for these passages, Josephus claimed to have reported Manetho's original words. It seems that during the reign of an Egyptian pharaoh called Tutimaios or Timaios, an army of foreigners suddenly came from the Near East and took over the Nile Delta without a fight. After conquering Memphis and likely deposing Tutimaios, the invaders would have given in to several atrocities such as destroying cities and temples and killing or capturing the native Egyptians.〔Josephus, I:75-76〕 After that, they :: “made one of their number, whose name was Salitis, king. He resided in Memphis and exacted tribute from both the upper and lower country, leaving fortresses in the most strategic places.”〔Josephus, I:77〕 It seems that Salitis' main concern was the defense of his new realm from the possibility of an Assyrian attack. For this reason he fortified the eastern borders, and sought a strategic position to establish an imposing stronghold. Having found it in the city of Avaris on the east bank of the Bubastite branch of the Nile,〔Josephus, I:77-78〕 :: “(Salitis) established this city and rendered it extremely secure with walls, settling there a large body of armed troops – as many as 240,000 men – as a frontier guard. He used to go there in the summer, partly to hand out rations and distribute pay, and partly to train them carefully in military exercises, to frighten foreigners.”〔Josephus, I:78-80〕 Salitis died after 19 years of reign and his throne passed to another asiatic called Bnon or Beon.〔Josephus, I:80-91〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salitis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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