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Person

Cyrus the Younger

Achaemenid prince; rebel killed at Cunaxa

A younger son of Darius II and Parysatis who held the western command, challenged his elder brother Artaxerxes II, and died at Cunaxa in 401 BCE. He lived more than a century after Cyrus II.

Date
d. 401 BCE
Other names
Cyrus · Cyrus the Younger · Prince Cyrus
Groups
Achaemenid royal family Commanders and nobles
Record status
Secure identification

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Connections

Child of
Darius II Achaemenid king, r. 424–405/4 BCE P. Briant 2002; Parysatis wife of Darius II; mother of Artaxerxes II and Cyrus the Younger Xenophon
Sibling of
Artaxerxes II Achaemenid king, r. 405/4–359/8 BCE L. Llewellyn-Jones and J. Robson 2010

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