What is Darius III?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Darius III | succession = | image = Darius III of Persia.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Detail of Darius III from the [[Alexander Mosaic]]. | reign = 336–330 BC | coronation = | issue = | house = Achaemenid Dynasty | royal anthem = | father = | mother = | birth_date = c. 380 BC | birth_place = [[Persia]] | death_date = July 330 BC (aged 50) | death_place = [[Bactria]] | burial_place = [[Persepolis]] | religion = [[Zoroastrianism]] }} '''Darius III''' (c. 380 – July 330 BC) was first named '''Artashata'''. He was called '''Codomannus''' by the Greeks.<ref name=Heckel>{{cite book |title=The Wars of Alexander the Great |last=Heckel |first=Waldemar |year=2002 |isbn=978-1841764733 |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3D_QHiHdpAC&dq=dynastic+name&pg=PA24 |access-date=27 September 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Darius III was the last [[Persian people|Persian]] [[Shah]] (''king'') of the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Achaemenid Empire]] of [[Iran|Persia]].<ref>''Alexander the Great at War: His Army - His Battles - His Enemies'', ed. Waldemar Heckel (Oxford: Osprey, 2002), p. 24</ref> He ruled from 336 [[BC]] to 330 BC. Artashata took ''Darius'' as his [[Dynasty|dynastic]] name.<ref name=Heckel/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Darius 03 Of Persia}} [[Category:Persian people]] [[Category:History of Persia]] {{bio-stub}}