Darius III of Persia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Darius III
Detail of Darius III from the Alexander Mosaic.
Reign	336–330 BC
Born	c. 380 BC Persia
Died	July 330 BC (aged 50) Bactria
Burial	Persepolis
House	Achaemenid Dynasty
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Darius III (c. 380 – July 330 BC) was first named Artashata. He was called Codomannus by the Greeks. Darius III was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. He ruled from 336 BC to 330 BC. Artashata took Darius as his dynastic name.

Images for kids

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  Coin minted in by Cilicia by its satrap Mazaeus, portraying Artaxerxes III as pharaoh on the obverse, while a lion is depicted on the reverse

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  Darius III portrayed (in the middle) in battle against Alexander in a Greek depiction; Possible illustration of either Battle of Issus or Battle of Gaugamela

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  Darius's flight at the Battle of Gaugamela (18th-century ivory relief)

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  The Family of Darius before Alexander, by Paolo Veronese, 1570.

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In Spanish: Darío III para niños