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Achaemenes
Sign in to saveAchaemenes ( ; ; ) was the progenitor (apical ancestor) and eponymous founder of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Achaemenes
- Royalty.title
- Progenitor of the Achaemenid dynasty
- Royalty.image
- Achaemenid lineage.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Position of Achaemenes in the Achaemenid lineage.
- Royalty.native_lang1
- Old Persian
- Royalty.native_lang1_name1
- Hakhāmaniš
- Royalty.reign
- 688–675 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- none
- Royalty.successor
- Teispes
- Royalty.birth_place
- Elam
- Royalty.death_place
- Elam
- Royalty.royal house
- Achaemenid
- Royalty.issue
- Teispes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Achaemenid Empire
- Place of birth
- Iran
- Place of death
- Iran
- Child
- Teispes
- Father
- Perses
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- Great King
- Family
- Achaemenid dynasty
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- date of birth
- 0800-01-01
- date of death
- 0700-01-01
- name in native language
- هخامنش
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Name
- Historicity
- Behistun inscription
- Greek writers
- See also
- References
Achaemenes ( ; ; ) was the progenitor (apical ancestor) and eponymous founder of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia.
Other than his role as an apical ancestor, nothing is known of his life or actions. It is quite possible that Achaemenes was only the mythical ancestor of the Persian royal house, but if Achaemenes was a historical person, he would have lived around 700 BC.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Achaemenes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.