Category:Darius III (subject)

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Darius III was King of Persia, from 336 BCE to 330 BCE.

Biography

Darius III was a member of the Persian royal family. He was put on the throne by Vizir Bagoas who had murdered Artaxerses III and all his sons, including Arses whom he had initially supported as the new King.

Eventually, Darius III managed to have Bagoas killed. He thus consolidated his rule against his internal enemies, but could do nothing against the rising power of the Macedonians. When in 334 BCE Alexander the Great took the leadership of the invasion that his father Philip has launched two years before, Darius III's army was defeated in a series of battles. At the end the king was murdered by one of his own generals, Bessus, who proclaimed himself king, only to be captured and executed the year later by Alexander the Great, now the unchallenged ruler of the Persian Empire.

Darius III and the Jews

As King of Persia, Darius III was the ruler of Judah.

Darius III in Second Temple Jewish sources

Darius III in Scholarship

Darius III in Fiction

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