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Darius III

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Darius III (Darius Codomannus) , d. 330 BC, king of ancient Persia (336-330 BC). A cousin of Artaxerxes III, he was raised to the throne by the eunuch Bagoas, who had murdered both Artaxerxes and his son, Arses; Darius in turn murdered Bagoas. His rule was not stable, however. When Alexander the Great invaded Persia, Darius was defeated in the battle of Issus (333 BC) and again in the battle of Gaugamela near Arbela (331 BC). For the first time Persia was confronted by a united Greece, and Darius' greatest error was in underestimating Alexander's strength. Darius used the wrong tactics in... Read more
Darius III
Darius III ( c. 380–330 bc) King of Persia (336–330 bc). He underestimated Alexander the Great , and brought about the demise of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Defeated at Issus (333 bc) and Gaugamela (331 bc), he fled to Ecbatana and then to Bactria, where he was killed. Read more
Artaxerxes III
...He also put down the unruly satraps and centralized and strengthened the empire. One of his ministers, the eunuch Bagoas, finally poisoned the king, put Artaxerxes' son Arses on the throne in 338, then deposed him in 336 in favor of Darius III . Read more

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