Darius I of Persia

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Achaemenid king King of Kings Persian ruler

Darius I of Persia was a powerful Achaemenid king (reigned 522–486 BCE) known for expanding and organizing the Persian Empire, promoting administrative reforms, and supporting major building projects across his realm.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Darius I 90
Darius I of Persia canonical 28
Darius the Great 6

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid king ⓘ
King of Kings ⓘ
Persian ruler ⓘ
associatedWith Achaemenid imperial ideology ⓘ
battle Battle of Marathon ⓘ
birthDate c. 550 BCE ⓘ
birthPlace Persis ⓘ
burialPlace Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions ⓘ
surface form: Naqsh-e Rostam
child Achaemenes ⓘ
surface form: Achaemenes (son of Darius I)

Ariomardus ⓘ
Hystaspes ⓘ
surface form: Hystaspes (son of Darius I)

Masistes ⓘ
Xerxes I ⓘ
conflict Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
surface form: First Persian invasion of Greece

Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
surface form: Ionian Revolt
countryRuled Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
deathDate 486 BCE ⓘ
deathPlace Persepolis ⓘ
dynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
father Hystaspes ⓘ
givenName Darius I of Persia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Darius
honorific Darius I of Persia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Darius the Great
implemented satrapy system of provincial administration ⓘ
knownFor administrative reforms ⓘ
construction of the Royal Road ⓘ
expansion of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
inscriptions in Old Persian cuneiform ⓘ
introduction of the daric gold coin ⓘ
large-scale building projects ⓘ
standardization of taxation ⓘ
languageUsed Babylonian ⓘ
Elamite ⓘ
Old Persian ⓘ
mother Rhodogune ⓘ
nativeName Dārayavauš ⓘ
notableProject Suez Canal ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian canal between Nile and Red Sea

construction of Persepolis terraces and palaces ⓘ
palace at Susa ⓘ
notableWork Behistun Inscription ⓘ
predecessor Bardiya ⓘ
regnalName Darius I of Persia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Darius I
reignEnd 486 BCE ⓘ
reignStart 522 BCE ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
surface form: Zoroastrianism (likely)
spouse Artystone ⓘ
Atossa ⓘ
Parmys ⓘ
standardized imperial Aramaic as administrative language ⓘ
successor Xerxes I ⓘ
territorialExpansion annexation of Egypt into the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
campaigns in Indus Valley ⓘ
conquest of Thrace ⓘ
title King of Persia ⓘ
Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
surface form: Shahanshah

Referenced by (132)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Temple in Jerusalem → rebuiltUnder → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Ezra–Nehemiah → mainCharacter → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Return to Zion → significantFigure → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire → ruler → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Persians → notableRuler → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Old Persian → associatedRuler → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Old Persian → scriptInventedUnder → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Late Period of Egypt → foreignRuler → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Darius I of Persia → givenName → Darius I of Persia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius
Darius I of Persia → regnalName → Darius I of Persia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Darius I of Persia → honorific → Darius I of Persia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius the Great
Zerubbabel → servedUnder → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Darius I of Persia
Joshua son of Jehozadak → underAuthorityOf → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Darius I
Greco-Persian Wars → commander → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Bardiya → successor → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Bardiya → killedBy → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Bardiya → deathBeforeAccessionAccordingTo → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Mithridates VI Eupator → claimedDescentFrom → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Cambyses II → successor → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Atossa → spouse → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Atossa → notableRelative → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Battle of Marathon → rulerOfPersianEmpireAtTime → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Miltiades the Younger → opponent → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Achaemenes → mentionedBy → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Achaemenes → ancestorOf → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Gate of All Nations → inscriptionMentions → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Persepolis → foundedBy → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
daric → introducedBy → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
daric → namedAfter → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Royal Road → developedUnder → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Persepolis terrace → builtDuringReignOf → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Apadana Palace → builtFor → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Apadana Palace → builder → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Susa → usedBy → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Satrapy of Egypt → underMonarch → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Xerxes I → predecessor → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Xerxes I → father → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Old Persian cuneiform → developedUnder → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Hippias of Athens → allyOf → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Book of Haggai → mentionsPerson → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Parsa → associatedWithRuler → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Behistun Inscription → commissionedBy → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius the Great
Behistun Inscription → creator → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Achaemenid kings → notableMember → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions → associatedWithRuler → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Persepolis inscriptions → associatedWithRuler → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt → hasRuler → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Persian army → usedBy → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Persian army → commandedBy → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I
Achaemenid stone reliefs → associatedWithRuler → Darius I of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darius I