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 the fourth emperor of the ancient Persian Achaemenid Empire, ruling from 522 to 486 BC, and is considered the greatest of the Achaemenid rulers. He is remembered for expanding and consolidating the Persian Empire's power and territorial control during his reign.

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Born: 548 B.C.
Died: 485 B.C.
Works: 17

Top works

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
Die grosse Darius-inschrift am felsen von Behistun

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Discography

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5 total works indexed

Dabigatran versus Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
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Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
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Ezetimibe Added to Statin Therapy after Acute Coronary Syndromes
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Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)<sup>1</sup>
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Differences Between Tight and Loose Cultures: A 33-Nation Study
· 2011 · cited 2,371x

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Quotes

“... This is what I did by the favor of Ahuramazda in one and the same year after that I became king: 19 battles I fought; by the favor of Ahuramazda I smote them and took prisoner 9 kings.”
“For this reason Ahuramazda bore aid, and the other gods who are, because I was not hostile, I was not a Lie-follower, I was not a doer of wrong -- neither I nor my family. According to righteousness I conducted myself. Neither to the weak nor to the powerful did I do wrong.”
“May Ahuramazda bear me aid, with the gods of the royal house; and may Ahuramazda protect this country from a (hostile) army, from famine, from the Lie!”
“If now you shall think that "How many are the countries which King Darius held?" look at the sculptures [of those] who bear the throne, then shall you know, then shall it become known to you: the spear of a Persian man has gone forth far; then shall it become known to you: a Persian man has delivered battle far indeed from Persia.”

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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
Commons Creator page: Darius I

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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.