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Darius I
The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 550 BCE
- Died
- 486 BCE, November 486 BCE
- Sex or gender
- male
- Father
- Hystaspes
- Mother
- Irdabama
- Spouse
- Atossa, Artystone, Parmys, Phaedymia, Phratagune
- Child
- Xerxes I, Abrocomes, Arsames, Gobryas, Artobazanes, Ariabignes, Artazostre, Masistes, Achaemenes, Hyperanthes, Hystaspes, Arsamenes
- Sibling
- Artaphernes, Artabanus, Artanes
- Present in work
- Civilization V
- Said to be the same as
- Dhu'l-Qarnayn, Darius the Great in the Bible
- Occupation
- statesperson, military leader, monarch
- Position held
- King of Kings, pharaoh
- Citizenship
- Achaemenid Empire
- Religion
- Zoroastrianism
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Реальный словарь классических древностей по Любкеру, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa
- different from
- Dariusz, Darius the Mede
- family
- Achaemenid dynasty
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Old Persian
- military, police or special rank
- commander-in-chief
- noble title
- King of Kings, King of the Lands, pharaoh, Great King
- place of burial
- Tomb of Darius I, Naqsh-e Rustam
- time period
- Ancient Egypt, 6th century BC, 5th century BC, Late Period of ancient Egypt, Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt
- topic's main category
- Category:Darius the Great
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