Darius may refer to:
Persian royalty
;Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
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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)
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Darius II (423 to 404 BC)
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Darius III (Codomannus, 380 to 330 BC)
;Crown princes
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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
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Darius (praetorian prefect), Praetorian prefect of the East in 436 to 437 AD
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Darius I of Media Atropatene
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Darius II of Persis
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Darius the Mede
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Darius of Pontus
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Dara Shikoh, 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
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''Darius'' (album), by Graham Collier
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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
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Darius (surname)
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Darius (horse), a racehorse
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Darius Films
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Darius (video game)'', a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up by Taito, originally released for the arcades in 1987
See also
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Darius II (disambiguation)
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Daria (disambiguation)
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Dara (disambiguation), Persian form of the name
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Dario (disambiguation), counterpart of Darius in Persian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Croatian
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Dharius, Mexican rapper
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