Darius may refer to:
Persian royalty
;Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
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Darius I (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), crown prince of Persia, may have ruled briefly in 465 BC
*Darius, son of
Artaxerxes II
Arses ( grc-gre, Ἄρσης; 445 – 359/8 BC), known by his regnal name Artaxerxes II ( peo, 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂 ; grc-gre, Ἀρταξέρξης), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 405/4 BC to 358 BC. He was the son and suc ...
, 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
Darayan II (also called Darius II; Aramaic: 𐡃𐡀𐡓𐡉𐡅 ''d’ryw'') was king of Persis in the 1st century BC, a vassal state of the Parthian Empire. He was succeeded by his son Ardakhshir II.
In the silver drachmas of Darayan II, on th ...
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Darius the Mede
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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’s ...
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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 ( grc-gre, Μιθραδάτης; 135–63 BC) was 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 e ...
Other
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''Darius'' (album), by Graham Collier
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Darius (given name)
Darius is a male given name. Etymologically, it is the English-language transliteration of the Persian name '' Dariush'' ().
Origin and meaning
The origin of the name is the , , composed of 'to hold' + 'good', meaning "he who holds firm the ...
, including a list of people with the given name
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Darius (surname) Darius is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adam Darius (1930–2017), American mime, choreographer, and writer
* Donovin Darius
Donovin Lee Darius (born August 12, 1975) is a former American football safety in the National F ...
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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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Dharius, Mexican rapper
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Daria (name), a feminine given name
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Dario (disambiguation), counterpart of Darius in Persian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Croatian
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Daris, a masculine given name
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Daria (disambiguation)
''Daria'' is an American adult animated sitcom.
Daria or Darya may also refer to:
People
* Daria (name), people named Daria or Darya
* St. Daria (died ), early Christian martyr
Other uses
* " Daría", a 2006 song by Spanish/Mexican pop rock gr ...
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Darius II (disambiguation) Darius II
Darius II ( peo, 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 ; grc-gre, Δαρεῖος ), also known by his given name Ochus ( ), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 423 BC to 405 or 404 BC.
Artaxerxes I, who died in 424 BC, was fol ...
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