| Preceded by: Artaxerxes IV |
Pharaoh of Egypt 31st Dynasty |
Succeeded by: Alexander III | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darius III | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (Darayavahuš) Koine Greek: Δαρεῖος (Dareios) Ancient Egyptian: Tariush Latin: Darius | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Depiction of Darius III during the Battle of Issus in the Alexander Mosaic (ca. 100 BC), ancient Roman floor mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, Italy. (CC BY-SA 2.0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 336–332 BC (4 years) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Arsames | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Sisygambis | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Consort(s) | Stateira II | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Issue | Stateira III, Drypetis, Ochus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | ca. 380 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 330 BC, Parthia (aged ca. 50) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Persepolis (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||
- For other pages by this name, see Darius.
Darius III (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁, Romanized: Darayavahuš) was the last King of Kings of the Achaemenid Persian Empire and last Pharaoh of the Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt during the Late Period.
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| Predecessor: Artaxerxes IV |
Pharaoh of Egypt 31st Dynasty |
Successor: Alexander III |