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Between 522 and 520 BCE, a large scale civil war broke out within the Achaemenid Empire over the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Achaemenid King of Kings Bardiya and the ascension to the throne of Darius the Great. [1]
Achaemenid Civil War (522-520 BC) | |||||||
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The Behistun Inscription, carved into a cliffside, details the military actions of the civil war. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Achaemenid Empire (Darius' faction) | Achaemenid Empire (Bardiya or Gaumata) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Darius the Great Hystaspes Intaphrenes Otanes Gobryas Hydarnes Megabyzus Aspathines Dadarsi Vahumisa Takhmaspada Artavardiya Vivana |
Bardiya or Gaumata Patizeithes Nebuchadnezzar III Açina Martiya Phraortes Tritantaechmes Frada Vahyazdata Arakha Atamaita | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Briant 2002, p. 115-116.
Bibliography
edit- Briant, Pierre (2002). From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Eisenbrauns. pp. 1–1196. ISBN 978-1-57506-120-7.