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Darius I

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Also known as Darius the Great, Dārayavahuš, Dāryūsh, Darayavaush, Dāriyūsh, Dareios, Dārayavauš, Darius I of Persia

The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC)

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Darius I was a male monarch, statesperson, and military leader of the Achaemenid dynasty. Born in 550 BCE and dying in 486 BCE, he held the positions of King of Kings, pharaoh, and commander-in-chief within the Achaemenid Empire. He spoke Old Persian and practiced Zoroastrianism. His family included his father Hystaspes, siblings Artaphernes, Artabanus, and Artanes, and children Xerxes I, Abrocomes, Arsames, and Gobryas. He was married to Atossa, Artystone, Parmys, and Phaedymia.

His burial place is the Tomb of Darius I at Naqsh-e Rustam. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron. His works include The sculptures and inscription of Darius the Great, Descriptive charts of ancient monuments, Aramaic papyri of the fifth century B.C., Memoir on the Babylonian and Assyrian inscriptions, and Die grosse Darius-inschrift am felsen von Behistun. He is referenced by 1,659 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
548 B.C.
Died
485 B.C.
Works
17

Top works

  • The sculptures and inscription of Darius the Great
  • Descriptive charts of ancient monuments
  • Aramaic papyri of the fifth century B.C.
  • Memoir on the Babylonian and Assyrian inscriptions
  • Die grosse Darius-inschrift am felsen von Behistun

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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  5. Differences Between Tight and Loose Cultures: A 33-Nation Study

    · 2011 · cited 2,433x

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Quotes

  • “... This is what I did by the favor of Ahuramazda in one and the same year after that I became king: 19 battles I fought; by the favor of Ahuramazda I smote them and took prisoner 9 kings.”
  • “For this reason Ahuramazda bore aid, and the other gods who are, because I was not hostile, I was not a Lie-follower, I was not a doer of wrong -- neither I nor my family. According to righteousness I conducted myself. Neither to the weak nor to the powerful did I do wrong.”
  • “May Ahuramazda bear me aid, with the gods of the royal house; and may Ahuramazda protect this country from a (hostile) army, from famine, from the Lie!”
  • “If now you shall think that "How many are the countries which King Darius held?" look at the sculptures [of those] who bear the throne, then shall you know, then shall it become known to you: the spear of a Persian man has gone forth far; then shall it become known to you: a Persian man has delivered battle far indeed from Persia.”

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Encyclopedic overview

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Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE. He ruled the empire at its territorial peak, when it included much of West Asia, parts of the Balkans (Thrace–Macedonia and Paeonia) and the Caucasus, most of the Black Sea's coastal regions, Central Asia, the Indus Valley in the far east, and portions of North Africa and Northeast Africa including Egypt (Mudrâya), eastern Libya, and coastal Sudan.

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