Darius may refer to:

Persian royalty

;Kings of the Achaemenid Empire *

Darius I Darius I ( ; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE. He ruled the empire at its territorial peak, when it included much of West A ...

(the Great, 550 to 487 BC) *

Darius II Darius II ( ; ), also known by his given name Ochus ( ), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 423 BC to 405 or 404 BC. Following the death of Artaxerxes I, in 424 BC or 423 BC, there was a struggle for power between his sons. The vic ...

(423 to 404 BC) *

Darius III Darius III ( ; ; – 330 BC) was the thirteenth and last Achaemenid King of Kings of Persia, reigning from 336 BC to his death in 330 BC. Contrary to his predecessor Artaxerxes IV Arses, Darius was a distant member of the Achaemenid dynasty. ...

(Codomannus, 380 to 330 BC) ;Crown princes *

Darius (son of Xerxes I) Darius ( ; ; – 465 BCE), was crown prince of the Persian Empire. He was the eldest son of the Persian king Xerxes I and his wife Amestris. His younger brothers were Hystaspes and Artaxerxes, and his younger sisters were Rhodogune and Amy ...

, crown prince of Persia, may have ruled briefly in 465 BC *Darius, son of

Artaxerxes II Arses (; 445 – 359/8 BC), known by his regnal name Artaxerxes II ( ; ), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 405/4 BC to 358 BC. He was the son and successor of Darius II () and his mother was Parysatis. Soon after his accession, Ar ...

, crown prince and junior king of his father, father of Arbupales

Kings, princes, and politicians

Darius (praetorian prefect) Darius ( Greek: Δαρείος; ''floruit'' 425–437) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire. Darius was a Praetorian prefect of the East. He is attested in office between 28 August 436, when the law preserved in '' Codex Theodosianus'' XI ...

, Praetorian prefect of the East in 436 to 437 AD *

Darius I of Media Atropatene Darius I of Media Atropatene, also known as Darius I or Darius (c. 85 BC – c. 65 BC), was an Iranian prince who served as a king of Media Atropatene in c. 65 BC. Little is known of the life of Darius I, however he appeared to have succeeded his r ...

* Darius II of Persis *

Darius the Mede Darius the Mede is mentioned in the Book of Daniel as King of Babylon between Belshazzar and Cyrus the Great, but he is not known to secular history and there is no space in the historical timeline between those two verified rulers. Belshazzar, w ...

Darius of Pontus Darius of Pontus (reigned 37-37/36 BC) was a monarch of Iranian and Greek Macedonian ancestry. He was the first child born to King Pharnaces II of Pontus and his Sarmatian wife.Mayor, ''The Poison King: the life and legend of Mithridates, Rome� ...

Dara Shikoh Dara Shikoh (20 March 1615 – 30 August 1659), also transliterated as Dara Shukoh, was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Dara was designated with the title ''Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba'' () and was favoured ...

, known as Darius the Magnificent * Darius, one of the sons of King

Mithridates VI Eupator Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator (; 135–63 BC) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents. He was an effective, ambitious, and ...

Other

* ''Darius'' (album), by Graham Collier *

Darius (given name) Darius is an English-rendered masculine given name of Persian origin, derived from the original name (). Origin and meaning The name's origins trace back to , which is composed of (, ) and (, ), meaning "holding firm the good" from Proto-Ind ...

, including a list of people with the given name *

Darius (surname) Darius is a surname derived from the Persian-origin masculine given name Darius. Notable people with the surname include: See also * Darius (given name) Darius is an English-rendered masculine given name of Persian origin, derived from the origin ...

Darius (horse) Darius (1951–1968) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, best known for winning the Classic 2000 Guineas in 1954. In a racing career which lasted from the spring of 1953 until November 1955 he ran twenty-one times, won nine races and ...

, a racehorse *

Darius Films Darius Films Inc. is a film and television production company founded in 1996. Headquarters are located in Los Angeles, California, and Toronto, Ontario. The company makes about $1-5 million in sales. It has produced over thirty feature films, w ...

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Darius (video game) is a 1987 horizontal-scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Taito. Players control a starship named the Silver Hawk in its mission to destroy the Belser empire before they wipe out the planet Darius. Its gameplay involves trav ...

'', a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up by Taito, originally released for the arcades in 1987