Person

Darius III

last Achaemenid king, r. 336–330 BCE

A member of a collateral Achaemenid branch, born Artashata, who took the throne after Arses and fought Alexander III of Macedon as the empire's last King of Kings.

Date: r. 336–330 BCE
Other names: Darius · Artašata · Codomannus · Dārayavauš
Groups: Achaemenid kings Achaemenid royal family
Record status: Secure identification

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Succeeded: Artaxerxes IV Arses; Achaemenid king, r. 338–336 BCE Strabo

Attested in

Astronomical Diary -332 A, Astronomical Diary -332 A, obv. 2; Briant 2015, p. 48 in Darius III

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