This was certainly the case in Cilicia, and probably in Paphlagonia and Phoenicia.

Tribes also, included within the geographical limits of a satrapy, were sometimes recognized as independent; and petty wars were carried on between these hordes and their neighbors.

Robber bands in many places infested the mountains, owing no allegiance to any one, and defied alike the satrap and the standing army.
The condition of Persia Proper was also purely exceptional.

Persia paid no tribute, and was not counted as a satrapy.

Its inhabitants were, however, bound, when the king passed through their country, to bring him gifts according to their means.