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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.
King Darius III: A Research Article on Darius-III Codomannus; Gabae: The name of two places in Persia and Sogdiana. Persian Gates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine: Photos of the battlefield.: ARIOBARZANES, Greek form of an Old Iranian proper name AÚrya-bráza
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 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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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 ...