Darius I

Also known as Darius the Great, Dārayavahuš, Dāryūsh, Darayavaush, Dāriyūsh, Dareios, Dārayavauš, Darius I of Persia

The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC)

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Darius I was a male monarch, statesperson, and military leader of the Achaemenid dynasty. Born in 550 BCE and dying in 486 BCE, he held the positions of King of Kings, pharaoh, and commander-in-chief within the Achaemenid Empire. He spoke Old Persian and practiced Zoroastrianism. His family included his father Hystaspes, siblings Artaphernes, Artabanus, and Artanes, and children Xerxes I, Abrocomes, Arsames, and Gobryas. He was married to Atossa, Artystone, Parmys, and Phaedymia.

His burial place is the Tomb of Darius I at Naqsh-e Rustam. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron. His works include The sculptures and inscription of Darius the Great, Descriptive charts of ancient monuments, Aramaic papyri of the fifth century B.C., Memoir on the Babylonian and Assyrian inscriptions, and Die grosse Darius-inschrift am felsen von Behistun. He is referenced by 1,659 other encyclopedia articles.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Achaemenid Empire
Spouse: Phratagune
Child: Ariomardus
Father: Hystaspes
Mother: Irdabama
Sibling: Artabanus
Occupation: monarch
Position held: pharaoh
Languages spoken: Old Persian
Religion: Zoroastrianism
Family: Achaemenid dynasty
Noble title: Great King
Military rank: commander-in-chief
Image: Darius detail on the Darius vase.jpg

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Commons category: Darius I
date of birth: 0550-01-01
date of death: 0486-11-00
Commons gallery: Darius I of Persia
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
place of burial: Naqsh-e Rustam
Commons Creator page: Darius I
time period: Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt
topic's main category: Category:Darius the Great
different from: Darius the Mede
present in work: Civilization V
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
relative: Gobryas

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Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE. He ruled the empire at its territorial peak, when it included much of West Asia, parts of the Balkans (Thrace–Macedonia and Paeonia) and the Caucasus, most of the Black Sea's coastal regions, Central Asia, the Indus Valley in the far east, and portions of North Africa and Northeast Africa including Egypt (Mudrâya), eastern Libya, and coastal Sudan.

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