Darius III

last king of the Achaemenid Empire (r. 336–330 BC) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Darius III (c. 380 – July 330 BC) was first named Artashata. He was called Codomannus by the Greeks.[1] Darius III was the last Persian Shah (king) of the Persian Achaemenid Empire of Persia.[2] He ruled from 336 BC to 330 BC. Artashata took Darius as his dynastic name.[1]

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Darius III
Darius_III_of_Persia.jpg
Detail of Darius III from the Alexander Mosaic.
Reign336–330 BC
Bornc. 380 BC
Persia
DiedJuly 330 BC (aged 50)
Bactria
Burial
HouseAchaemenid Dynasty
ReligionZoroastrianism
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