Darius may refer to:

Persian royalty

;Kings of the Achaemenid Empire *

Darius I Darius I ( peo, 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 ; grc-gre, Δαρεῖος ; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his ...

(the Great, 550 to 487 BC) *

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 followed by h ...

(423 to 404 BC) *

Darius III Darius III ( peo, 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 ; grc-gre, Δαρεῖος ; c. 380 – 330 BC) was the last Achaemenid King of Kings of Persia, reigning from 336 BC to his death in 330 BC. Contrary to his predecessor Artaxerxes IV Arses, Dar ...

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

Darius (son of Xerxes I) Darius was crown prince of the Persian Empire. He was the eldest son of the Persian king Xerxes I and his wife Amestris, the daughter of Onophas. His younger brothers were Hystaspes and Artaxerxes, and his younger sisters were Rhodogyne and ...

, crown prince of Persia, may have ruled briefly in 465 BC *Darius, son of Artaxerxes II, crown prince and junior king of his father, father of Arbupales

Kings, princes, and politicians

Darius (praetorian prefect) Darius (''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 1.37a was addressed to hi ...

, 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 (ca. 85 BC – ca. 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 ...

* 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 history, and no additional king can be placed between the known figures of Belshazzar and Cyrus. Most scholars v ...

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 d ...

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

, known as Darius the Magnificent * Darius, one of the sons of King Mithridates VI Eupator

Other

* ''Darius'' (album), by Graham Collier * Darius (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Darius (surname) *

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 founded in 1996. Headquarters are located in Toronto and Los Angeles. Darius Films makes about 1 to 5 million dollars in sales. Darius Films have produced over 30 feature films which have pre ...

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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

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