Person
Cambyses II
Achaemenid king, r. 530–522 BCE
The elder son and successor of Cyrus II, and the Achaemenid conqueror of Egypt in 525 BCE. Contemporary Egyptian and Babylonian evidence sharply qualifies the hostile portrait preserved in Greek narrative.
- Date
- r. 530–522 BCE
- Other names
- Cambyses · Kambūjiya
- Groups
- Achaemenid kings Achaemenid royal family
- Record status
- Secure identification
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Connections
- Child of
- Sibling of
- ;
- Spouse of
- Succeeded
- Succeeded by
Attested in
- Herodotus in Cambyses II
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