Person
Cyrus II
the Great; founder of the Persian empire
The king of Anshan who overthrew Astyages, conquered Lydia and Babylon, and founded the Persian empire. His documentary chronology is secure, while much of the vivid biographical tradition is later legend.
- Date
- r. c. 559–530 BCE
- Other names
- Cyrus · Cyrus the Great · Kūruš
- Groups
- Achaemenid kings Teispid rulers Achaemenid royal family
- Record status
- Secure identification
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Connections
- Child of
- Parent of
- ; ;
- Succeeded by
Attested in
- The Cyrus Cylinder in Cyrus the Great
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