🏳️Famous People from Achaemenid Empire
A comprehensive directory of 16 historically significant figures from Achaemenid Empire.
Total Figures
16
Categories
12
Time Span
600BC–-369
Top Field
military leader· 5
Notable Figures Overview
Distribution by Historical Era
AncientANC(16)
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Cyrus the Great
founder
Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)
Darius II
monarch
The ninth Achaemenid emperor (423–404 BC)
Darius I
military leader
The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC)
Darius III
monarch
Last king of the Achaemenid Empire (r. 336–330 BC)
Artaxerxes II
king
The 10th Achaemenid Emperor (404–358 BC)
AR
Ariomardus
aristocrat
5th-century BC Persian prince and military leader
Ariabignes
military officer
Persian admiral and prince (died 480 BC)
Megabazus
military leader
Iranian military leader
Cyrus the Younger
military officer
Achaemenid prince, satrap of Lydia from 408 to 401 BC
AR
Artachaies
military engineer
5th-century BC Persian engineer
OS
Ostanes
alchemist
Pen-name used by several pseudo-anonymous authors of Greek and Latin works of alchemy
Artaphernes
official
Late 6th/early 5th-century BC Persian general and satrap
ME
Megabates
military leader
Late 6th/early 5th century BC Persian general
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Nabarzanes
military officer
Persian commander (died c. 330 BC)
MA
Mardonius
military officer
Achaemenid military commander during Greco-Persian Wars (died 479 BC)
SP
Spitamenes
military leader
Sogdian warlord
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