🏳️Famous People from Achaemenid Empire
A comprehensive directory of 18 historically significant figures from Achaemenid Empire.
Total Figures
18
Categories
12
Time Span
600BC–-345
Top Field
military leader· 5
Notable Figures Overview
Distribution by Historical Era
AncientANC(18)
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Cyrus the Great
founder
Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)
Darius I
military leader
The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC)
Darius II
monarch
The ninth Achaemenid emperor (423–404 BC)
Artaxerxes II
king
The 10th Achaemenid Emperor (404–358 BC)
Darius III
monarch
Last king of the Achaemenid Empire (r. 336–330 BC)
AR
Ariomardus
aristocrat
5th-century BC Persian prince and military leader
Cyrus the Younger
military officer
Achaemenid prince, satrap of Lydia from 408 to 401 BC
Megabazus
military leader
Iranian military leader
Ariabignes
military officer
Persian admiral and prince (died 480 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
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Nabarzanes
military officer
Persian commander (died c. 330 BC)
ME
Megabates
military leader
Late 6th/early 5th century BC Persian general
MA
Mardonius
military officer
Achaemenid military commander during Greco-Persian Wars (died 479 BC)
SP
Spitamenes
military leader
Sogdian warlord
Stateira
politician
Daughter of Darius III, died 323 BC
Bessus
politician
Achaemenid satrap and pretender to throne (died 329 BC)
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