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  2. Cyrus the Younger - Wikipedia

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    Cyrus the Younger (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; Ancient Greek: Κῦρος Kyros; died 401 BC) was an Achaemenid prince and general. He ruled as satrap of Lydia and Ionia from 408 to 401 BC.

  3. Aspasia of Phocaea - Wikipedia

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    Aspasia (Ancient Greek: Ἀσπασία) of Phocaea, daughter of Hermotimus, was carried away from her country to be in the harem of the Achaemenid prince Cyrus the Younger, who so admired her beauty and her superior qualities of mind and character that he made her his favorite wife, nicknaming her "the wise one" (sophe).

  4. Cyrus the Great - Wikipedia

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    After her death, Cyrus insisted on public mourning throughout the kingdom. [47] The Nabonidus Chronicle states that Babylonia mourned Cassandane for six days (identified as 21–26 March 538 BC). [48] After his father's death, Cyrus inherited the Persian throne at Pasargadae, which was a vassal of Astyages.

  5. Bardiya - Wikipedia

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    The prince's name is listed variously in the historical sources. In Darius the Great's Behistun inscription, his Persian name is Bardiya or Bardia. Herodotus calls him Smerdis, which is the prevalent Greek form of his name; the Persian name has been assimilated to the Greek (Asiatic) name Smerdis or Smerdies, a name which also occurs in the poems of Alcaeus and Anacreon.

  6. Battle of Cunaxa - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Cunaxa was fought in the late summer of 401 BC between the Persian king Artaxerxes II and his brother Cyrus the Younger for control of the Achaemenid throne. The great battle of the revolt of Cyrus took place 70 km north of Babylon, at Cunaxa (Greek: Κούναξα), on the left bank of the Euphrates.

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    The young royal is the only daughter of Prince William and Kate Middleton. ... before her parents took the Wales title following the death of Charlotte’s great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II ...

  8. Achaemenid family tree - Wikipedia

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    (by daughter of Gobryas) Ariabignes admiral ... Cyrus the Younger. Ostanes. Darius prince: Artaxerxes III Ochus. Ariaspes prince: Rodrogune married Orontes I satrap ...

  9. Mandane of Media - Wikipedia

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    When Cyrus grew up, his grandfather Astyages discovered that he was alive and allowed him to return to his parents in Persia. Xenophon also mentions Mandane in his work Cyropaedia . According to his story, Mandane and her son traveled to the court of Astyages, where the adolescent Cyrus surprised his grandfather, who decided to keep him at the ...