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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.
Darius III Codomannus: 4 years [61] [62]--- Total number of years: 228 years + 4 mo. [n] 53 years: Critiques of academic dating. Attempts have been made to ...
Phrataphernes (Median: Fratafarnah, Ancient Greek: Φραταφέρνης; lived 4th century BC) was a Persian who held the government of Parthia and Hyrcania, under the king Darius III Codomannus, and joined that monarch with the contingents from the provinces subject to his rule, shortly before the battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC. He afterwards ...
Alexander had recently defeated Darius III Codomannus at the Battle of Gaugamela on the eastern side of the Tigris river, the result of which had been a disaster for Darius and the Persian Empire. Darius had prematurely fled the battle, and his army had dispersed.
Darius I (the Great, 550 to 487 BC) Darius II (423 to 404 BC) Darius III (Codomannus, 380 to 330 BC) Crown princes. Darius (son of Xerxes I), crown prince of Persia, may have ruled briefly in 465 BC; Darius, son of Artaxerxes II, crown prince and junior king of his father, father of Arbupales
Oxyathres (Ancient Greek: Οξυάθρης; in Old Persian Vaxšuvarda; [citation needed] lived 4th century BC) was a brother of the Persian king Darius III Codomannus. He was the son of a certain Arsames, and grandson of Ostanes.
Spithridates (Old Persian: *Spiθradātaʰ; Ancient Greek: Σπιθριδάτης Spithridátēs; fl. 365–334 BC) was a Persian satrap of Lydia and Ionia under the high king Darius III Codomannus. He was one of the Persian commanders at the Battle of the Granicus, in 334 BC.
Friend and ally with the Persian king Darius III Codomannus, and a contemporary with Alexander the Great, b. Phillip, and who had actually met him. [226] In his days, the temple of the Samaritans was built in Mount Gerizim, with Jaddua's brother, Manasseh, serving as its first high priest. Josephus gives no indication as to how long Jaddua ...