Darius III

Darius III
Darius III
	Detail of Darius III from the Alexander Mosaic.
Reign	336–330 BC
Born	c. 380 BC; Persia
Died	July 330 BC (aged 50); Bactria
Burial	Persepolis
House	Achaemenid Dynasty
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Darius III (c. 380 – July 330 BC) was first named Artashata. He was called Codomannus by the Greeks.^[1] Darius III was the last Persian Shah (king) of the Persian Achaemenid Empire of Persia.^[2] He ruled from 336 BC to 330 BC. Artashata took Darius as his dynastic name.^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Heckel, Waldemar (2002). The Wars of Alexander the Great. p. 24. ISBN 978-1841764733. Retrieved 27 September 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ Alexander the Great at War: His Army - His Battles - His Enemies, ed. Waldemar Heckel (Oxford: Osprey, 2002), p. 24

[Heckel-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Heckel, Waldemar (2002). The Wars of Alexander the Great. p. 24. ISBN 978-1841764733. Retrieved 27 September 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Alexander the Great at War: His Army - His Battles - His Enemies, ed. Waldemar Heckel (Oxford: Osprey, 2002), p. 24

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