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Before Alexander reached him, however, Darius was killed by his relative Bessus, who was also the satrap of Bactria. Darius is partially remembered in Iranian traditions as Dara II, the last king of the mythological Kayanian dynasty, which reflected memories of the Achaemenids.
Died: c. 329 bc. Bessus (died c. 329 bc) was an Achaemenid satrap (governor) of Bactria and Sogdiana under King Darius III of Persia. In 330, after Alexander the Great had defeated Darius in several major battles, Bessus murdered Darius and assumed the kingship as Artaxerxes IV.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The satrap Bessus who killed King Darius III, fed by his own ambition and guile, assumed the name of Artaxerxes V. He even pronounced himself King of Asia, a title he had not enjoyed much for he was later on captured and tortured by Alexander the Great.
Sep 9, 2019 · According to legend, Alexander killed Darius’ chariot driver and almost captured the Persian king before he fled once again on horseback. Days later, with Alexander’s cavalry in hot pursuit ...
- Dave Roos
Also at this time, Darius’s wife died of illness, and knowledge of her passing was brought to Darius by one of the queen’s eunuchs, Tyriotes. The man had stolen a horse and fled the Macedonian camp to reach the Persian army.
May 23, 2018 · Darius III (c.380–330 bc) King of Persia (336–330 bc). He underestimated Alexander the Great , and brought about the demise of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Defeated at Issus (333 bc) and Gaugamela (331 bc), he fled to Ecbatana and then to Bactria, where he was killed.
Sep 17, 2007 · On September 30, 331 bc, the fate of two empires was decided on a plain 70 miles north of present-day Irbil, Iraq. Lying near the hamlet of Gaugamela, the plain was part of a vast territory north of the Persian provincial capital of Babylon where King Darius III, also known as Darius Codomanus, had mustered an army formidable enough, he hoped, to halt the invasion of the Persian-dominated ...
