Darius II, the Glossary
Darius II (𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁; Δαρεῖος), also known by his given name Ochus (Greek: Ὦχος), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 423 BC to 405 or 404 BC.[1]
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53 relations: Achaemenid dynasty, Achaemenid Empire, Acropolis, Aegean Sea, Amorges, Amyrtaeus, Anatolia, Ancient Greece, Archeptolis, Artabazanes, Artaxerxes I, Artaxerxes II, Artemis, Artoxares, Athens, Atropatene, Babylon, Caria, Ctesias, Cyrus the Younger, Dara I, Great king, Harem, Hyrcania, Ionia, Johanan (High Priest), King of Kings, King of the Lands, List of monarchs of Persia, List of pharaohs, Magnesia on the Maeander, Medes, Naqsh-e Rostam, Nippur, Ostanes (son of Darius II), Parthenon, Parysatis, Pausanias (geographer), Pharaoh, Pharnabazus II, Polydamas of Skotoussa, Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Satrap, Sicilian Expedition, Sogdianus, Sparta, Syracuse, Sicily, Themistocles, Tissaphernes, Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt, ... Expand index (3 more) »
- 404 BC deaths
- 5th-century BC Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
- 5th-century BC pharaohs
- Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
- Pharaohs of the Achaemenid dynasty of Egypt
- Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt
Achaemenid dynasty
The Achaemenid dynasty was a royal house that ruled the Persian Empire, which eventually stretched from Egypt and Thrace in the west to Central Asia and the Indus Valley in the east.
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Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
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Acropolis
An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense.
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia.
Amorges
Amorges (Old Iranian: (H)umarga, Ἀμόργης), son of the Persian rebel satrap Pissouthnes (Πισσούθνης) of Lydia, was the leader of a Carian rebellion against king Darius II Nothus in 413 BC.
Amyrtaeus
Amyrtaeus of Sais (a Hellenization of the original Egyptian name Amenirdisu) is the only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty of EgyptCimmino 2003, p. 385. Darius II and Amyrtaeus are 5th-century BC pharaohs.
Anatolia
Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.
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Archeptolis
Archeptolis (Ἀρχέπτολις), also Archepolis, was a Governor of Magnesia on the Maeander in Ionia for the Achaemenid Empire circa 459 BCE to possibly around 412 BCE, and a son and successor of the former Athenian general Themistocles.
Artabazanes
Artabazanes of Media Atropatene (*R̥tabr̥zaⁿs, or *R̥tavazdānaʰ; Ἀρταβαζάνης; flourished 3rd century BC) was a Prince and King of the Atropatene Kingdom.
Artaxerxes I
Artaxerxes I (𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠; Ἀρταξέρξης) was the fifth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, from 465 to December 424 BC. Darius II and Artaxerxes I are 5th-century BC Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, 5th-century BC pharaohs, kings of the Achaemenid Empire, pharaohs of the Achaemenid dynasty of Egypt and Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt.
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Artaxerxes II
Arses (Ἄρσης; 445 – 359/8 BC), known by his regnal name Artaxerxes II (𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂; Ἀρταξέρξης), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 405/4 BC to 358 BC. Darius II and Artaxerxes II are 5th-century BC Kings of the Achaemenid Empire and kings of the Achaemenid Empire.
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Artemis
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity.
Artoxares
Artoxares (Old Persian *Artaxšara) (c. 465 BC - after 419 BC) was a Paphlagonian eunuch, who played a central role during the reigns of Artaxerxes I and Darius II of Persia.
Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
Atropatene
Atropatene (Ātṛpātakāna; Pahlavi: Ādurbādagān Ἀτροπατηνή), also known as Media Atropatene, was an ancient Iranian kingdom established in by the Persian satrap Atropates.
Babylon
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.
Caria
Caria (from Greek: Καρία, Karia; Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia.
Ctesias
Ctesias (Κτησίᾱς; fl. fifth century BC), also known as Ctesias of Cnidus, was a Greek physician and historian from the town of Cnidus in Caria, then part of the Achaemenid Empire.
Cyrus the Younger
Cyrus the Younger (𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; Κῦρος; died 401 BC) was an Achaemenid prince and general.
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Dara I
Dara I or Darab I was the penultimate king of the mythological Kayanian dynasty, ruling for 12 years.
Great king
Great king, and the equivalent in many languages, refers to historical titles of certain monarchs, suggesting an elevated status among the host of kings and princes.
Harem
Harem (lit) refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family.
Hyrcania
Hyrcania (Ὑρκανία Hyrkanía, Old Persian: 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 Varkâna,Lendering (1996) Middle Persian: 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭭 Gurgān, Akkadian: Urqananu) is a historical region composed of the land south-east of the Caspian Sea in modern-day Iran and Turkmenistan, bound in the south by the Alborz mountain range and the Kopet Dag in the east.
Ionia
Ionia was an ancient region on the western coast of Anatolia, to the south of present-day İzmir, Turkey.
Johanan (High Priest)
Johanan (Yoḥānān), son of Joiada, was the fifth High Priest of the Temple in Jerusalem after it was rebuilt after the end of the Babylonian captivity.
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King of Kings
King of Kings was a ruling title employed primarily by monarchs based in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
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King of the Lands
King of the Lands (Akkadian: šar mātāti), also interpreted as just King of Lands or the more boastful King of All Lands was a title of great prestige claimed by powerful monarchs in ancient Mesopotamia.
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List of monarchs of Persia
This article lists the monarchs of Iran (Persia) from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.
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List of pharaohs
The title "pharaoh" is used for those rulers of Ancient Egypt who ruled after the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt by Narmer during the Early Dynastic Period, approximately 3100 BC.
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Magnesia on the Maeander
Magnesia or Magnesia on the Maeander (Μαγνησία ἡ πρὸς Μαιάνδρῳ or Μαγνησία ἡ ἐπὶ Μαιάνδρῳ; Magnesia ad Maeandrum) was an ancient Greek city in Ionia, considerable in size, at an important location commercially and strategically in the triangle of Priene, Ephesus and Tralles.
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Medes
The Medes (Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐎭; Akkadian: 13px, 13px; Ancient Greek: Μῆδοι; Latin: Medi) were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the mountainous region of northwestern Iran and the northeastern and eastern region of Mesopotamia in the vicinity of Ecbatana (present-day Hamadan).
Naqsh-e Rostam
Naqsh-e Rostam (نقش رستم) is an ancient archeological site and necropolis located about 13 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars Province, Iran.
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Nippur
Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as, EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory: Vol. 1, Part 1, Cambridge University Press, 1970 Akkadian: Nibbur) was an ancient Sumerian city.
Ostanes (son of Darius II)
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Parthenon
The Parthenon (Παρθενώνας|Parthenónas|) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena.
Parysatis
Parysatis (Parušyātiš, Παρύσατις; 5th-century BC) was a Persian queen, consort of Darius II and had a large influence during the reign of Artaxerxes II.
Pausanias (geographer)
Pausanias (Παυσανίας) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD.
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Pharaoh
Pharaoh (Egyptian: pr ꜥꜣ; ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ|Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: Parʿō) is the vernacular term often used for the monarchs of ancient Egypt, who ruled from the First Dynasty until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Republic in 30 BCE.
Pharnabazus II
Pharnabazus II (Old Iranian: Farnabāzu, Φαρνάβαζος; ruled 413-374 BC) was a Persian soldier and statesman, and Satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia.
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Polydamas of Skotoussa
Polydamas of Skotoussa (Πολυδάμας, gen., Polydámas, Polydámantos (ὁ Σκοτουσσαῖος)), son of Nicias, was a Thessalian pankratiast, and victor in the 93rd Olympiad (408 BC).
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Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft
The Realencyclopädie (German for "Practical Encyclopedia"; RE) is a series of German encyclopedias on Greco-Roman topics and scholarship.
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Satrap
A satrap was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median and Persian (Achaemenid) Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires.
Sicilian Expedition
The Sicilian Expedition was an Athenian military expedition to Sicily, which took place from 415–413 BC during the Peloponnesian War between Athens on one side and Sparta, Syracuse and Corinth on the other.
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Sogdianus
Sogdianus (or; Σογδιανός) was briefly a ruler of the Achaemenid Empire for a period in 424–423 BC. Darius II and Sogdianus are 5th-century BC Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, 5th-century BC pharaohs, pharaohs of the Achaemenid dynasty of Egypt and Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt.
Sparta
Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece.
Syracuse, Sicily
Syracuse (Siracusa; Sarausa) is a historic city on the Italian island of Sicily, the capital of the Italian province of Syracuse.
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Themistocles
Themistocles (Θεμιστοκλῆς) was an Athenian politician and general.
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Tissaphernes
Tissaphernes (*Ciçafarnāʰ; Τισσαφέρνης; 𐊋𐊆𐊈𐊈𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀, 𐊈𐊆𐊖𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀; 445395 BC) was a Persian commander and statesman, Satrap of Lydia and Ionia.
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Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXVII, alternatively 27th Dynasty or Dynasty 27), also known as the First Egyptian Satrapy, was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire between 525 and 404 BC.
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Xenophon
Xenophon of Athens (Ξενοφῶν||; probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens.
Xerxes II
Xerxes II (𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠; Ξέρξης; died 424 BC) was a Persian king who was very briefly a ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, as the son and successor of Artaxerxes I. After a reign of forty-five days—where he only had control over the Persian heartlands—he was assassinated in 424 BC by his half-brother Sogdianus, who in turn was murdered by Darius II six months later. Darius II and Xerxes II are 5th-century BC Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, 5th-century BC pharaohs, kings of the Achaemenid Empire, pharaohs of the Achaemenid dynasty of Egypt and Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt.
Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism (Din-e Zartoshti), also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion.
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See also
404 BC deaths
- Alcibiades
- Darius II
- Polemarchus
- Theramenes
5th-century BC Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
5th-century BC pharaohs
Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
- Arsames
- Arses of Persia
- Artaxerxes I
- Artaxerxes II
- Bessus
- Cambyses II
- Darius II
- Darius III
- Xerxes I
- Xerxes II
Pharaohs of the Achaemenid dynasty of Egypt
- Arses of Persia
- Artaxerxes I
- Artaxerxes III
- Bardiya
- Cambyses II
- Darius II
- Darius III
- Darius the Great
- Sogdianus
- Xerxes I
- Xerxes II
Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt
- Achaemenes (satrap)
- Arsames (satrap of Egypt)
- Artaxerxes I
- Aryandes
- Bardiya
- Battle of Pelusium
- Cambyses II
- Darius II
- Darius the Great
- Inaros II
- Pherendates
- Psammetichus IV
- Sogdianus
- Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt
- Udjahorresnet
- Xerxes I
- Xerxes II
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_II
Also known as Dareios II, Darius 2, Darius II Nothus, Darius II Ochus, Darius II of Persia, Darius Nothus.