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Darius III (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; Ancient Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareios; c. 380 – 330 BC) was the thirteenth and last Achaemenid King 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.
Bessus or Bessos (Old Persian: *Bayaçā; Ancient Greek: Βήσσος), also known by his throne name Artaxerxes V (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 Artaxšaçāʰ; Ancient Greek: Ἀρταξέρξης; died summer 329 BC), was a Persian satrap of the eastern Achaemenid satrapy of Bactria, as well as the self-proclaimed King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 330 to 329 BC.
Stateira (Greek: Στάτειρα; 370 BC – early 332 BC) was a queen of Persia as the wife of Darius III of Persia of the Achaemenid dynasty. She accompanied her husband while he went to war. It was because of this that she was captured by Alexander the Great after the Battle of Issus, in 333 BC, at the town of Issus.
The king of Armenia, in concert with other Asian princes, engages in bloody battle with Darius III of Persia, and kidnaps his wife Parisatidis and daughter Stateira. Cloridaspis, the young king of Arabia in love with Stateira, attacks the Armenians, sets Stateira and her mother free, and takes them back to Darius.
The arrest of Darius III gave Alexander the pretext of avenging him. Fleeing from the pursuing Macedonian forces, Bessus and the rebels carried Darius III in a covered wagon, reportedly in golden chains. In order to buy some time for their escape, Bessus and his co-conspirators killed Darius III and left his body by the road. [4]
The family of Darius in front of Alexander, by Charles le Brun. Sisygambis (in yellow) kneels before the king Sisygambis (in yellow) kneels before the king Sisygambis ( Ancient Greek : Σισύγαμβις ; died 323 BCE) was the mother of Darius III of Persia , whose reign was ended during the wars of Alexander the Great .
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song is a 2020 Japanese anime fantasy action film produced by Ufotable and directed by Tomonori Sudō.. The story continues immediately from the events of Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly, and is the final installment in a trilogy of films adapting Heaven's Feel, the third and final route of the visual novel Fate/stay night. [1]
The marriages of Stateira II to Alexander III of Macedon and her sister, Drypetis, to Hephaestion at Susa in 324 BC. Stateira (Greek: Στάτειρα; died 323 BC), possibly also known as Barsine, was the daughter of Stateira and Darius III of Persia.