Achaemenid princes

Bardiya or Smerdis ( ; ; possibly died 522 BCE), also named as Tanyoxarces (; ) by Ctesias, was a son of Cyrus the Great and the younger brother of Cambyses II, both Persian kings. There are sharply divided views on his life. Bardiya either ruled the Achaemenid Empire for a few months in 522 BCE, or was impersonated by a magus called Gaumata ( ), whose name is given by Ctesias as Sphendadates (; ), until he was toppled by Darius the Great.

Achaemenid prince, satrap of Lydia from 408 to 401 BC

5th-century Persian general and satrap

5th-century BC Achaemenid satrap of Egypt

Persian prince, brother of Darius III

Brother of and advisor to Achaemenid king Darius I

thumb|200px|right|Location of Bactria within the Persian Empire. Masistes (Old Persian 𐎶𐎰𐎡𐏁𐎫, Maθišta; Greek Μασίστης, Masístēs; Old Iranian *Masišta; died 478 BC) was a Persian prince of the Achaemenid Dynasty, son of king Darius I (reign: 520-486 BC) and of his wife Atossa, and full brother of king Xerxes I (reign: 486-465 BC). He was satrap (governor) of Bactria during his brother's reign, where he attempted to start a revolt in 478 BC.

Prince of Achaemenid Dynasty

Son of Achaemenid Persian emperor Darius II Nothos

Second son of Xerxes I of Persia

Hyperanthes () was a son of Darius the Great of Persia by Phratagune, and brother to Xerxes I. He was present in the second invasion of Greece in 480 BC. According to Herodotus, he fought and died alongside his other brother Abrocomes in the battle of Thermopylae in the final phase known as the "Battle of Champions" (translation of Tom Holland), where the Spartans in their last stand fought feverishly against him and the Persian force over the retrieval of Leonidas' dead body.

Abrocomes () was a son of king Darius I of Persia and his wife Phratagune, who died with his full brother Hyperanthes in the battle of Thermopylae, while fighting over the body of Leonidas.

thumb|Pissuthnes was satrap of Lydia, including [[Ionia.]] Pissuthnes, also known as Pissouthnes, (Old Persian: wiktionary:Reconstruction:Old Persian/Pišišyauθnah|; Ancient Greek: ) was an Achaemenid satrap of Lydia, which included Ionia, circa 440–415 BCE. His capital was Sardis. He was the son of Hystaspes, probably himself the son of Darius I, which shows his Persian origin and his membership of the Achaemenid dynasty. He held the satrapy for over twenty years, and became extremely rich as a consequence.

Crown Prince of Achaemenid Persia (died 465 BC)

son of Artaxerxes II

4th-century BC Persian prince, son of Artaxerxes II of Persia

ancient Persian prince and brother to Darius the Great