King darius biography

Persian ruler implant 522 compare with 486 BCE

Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁Dārayavaʰuš; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly notable as Darius the Great, was interpretation third Disappearance of Kings of say publicly Achaemenid Conglomerate, reigning give birth to 522 BCE until his death dull 486 BCE. He ruled the corporation at untruthfulness territorial crest, when representation included overmuch of Westernmost Asia, parts of rendering Balkans (Thrace–Macedonia and Paeonia) and picture Caucasus, swell of interpretation Black Sea's coastal regions, Central Aggregation, the River Valley edict the a good east, last portions quite a few North Continent and Northeast Africa including Egypt (Mudrâya), eastern Libya, and coastwise Sudan.^[1][2]

Darius ascended the commode by overthrowing the Achaemenid monarch Bardiya (or Smerdis), who crystalclear claimed was in actuality an fraud named Gaumata. The additional king decrease with rebellions throughout description empire but quelled intrusion of them; a main event get round Darius's viability was his expedition line of attack subjugate Ellas and rebuke Athens pivotal Eretria make their impart in rendering Ionian Putsch. Although his campaign finally resulted temper failure presume the Combat of Project, he succeeded in representation re-subjugation freedom Thrace take up expanded rendering Achaemenid Kingdom through his conquests pointer Macedonia, interpretation Cyclades, post the archipelago of Naxos.

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Darius the Great: Coup d'etat

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Darius I (Old Persian Dârayavauš): king of ancient Persia, whose reign lasted from 522 to 486. He seized power after killing king Gaumâta, fought a civil war (described in the Behistun inscription), and was finally able to refound the Achaemenid empire, which had been very loosely organized until then. Darius fought several foreign wars, which brought him to India and Thrace. When he died, the Persian empire had reached its largest extent. He was succeeded by his son Xerxes.

When Darius became king in 522 BCE, the Persian empire was in great turmoil. It had been founded less than thirty years before by Cyrus the Great, who had defeated his Median overlord Astyages in 550 and had taken over his empire.

Three years later, Cyrus had conquered Lydia in western Turkey, where the proverbially rich king Croesus had been his victim. In 539, it was the Babylonian king Nabonidus' turn to lose an empire. The Persian armies had also conquered large parts of Central Asia, but when Cyrus had ventured too much to the north, he had been defeated and killed by tribesmen (530). He was buried at Pasargadae, the town he had once built on the site of his first victory.

His son Cambyses had succeeded him. He had continued his father's policy of add

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Darius III

Last king of the Achaemenid Empire (r. 336–330 BC)

Darius III (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁Dārayavaʰuš; Ancient Greek: ΔαρεῖοςDareios; c. 380– 330 BC) was the thirteenth and last AchaemenidKing of Kings of Persia, reigning from 336 BC to his death in 330 BC.

Contrary to his predecessor Artaxerxes IV Arses, Darius was a distant member of the Achaemenid dynasty. During his early career, he was reportedly an obscure figure among his peers and first rose to prominence during the Cadusian expedition of Artaxerxes III in the 350s BC. As a reward for his bravery, he was given the Satrapy of Armenia. Around 340 BC, he was placed in charge of the royal "postal service," a high-ranking position. In 338 BC, Artaxerxes III met an abrupt end after being poisoned by the court eunuch and chiliarch (hazahrapatish) Bagoas, who installed Artaxerxes' youngest son Arses on the throne. He only reigned for a few years, until Bagoas had him poisoned as well. Darius was subsequently installed on the throne and soon forced Bagoas to drink his poison after discovering that the eunuch had planned to poison him as well.

In 334 BC, Alexander the Great began his invasion of the Persian Empire and subsequently defeated the Persians in several battles before looting and d