It is also the name of Dara's daughter (Dara is a character in Shahnama, likely referring to the Darius of the Achaemenid Empire).
The invasion, a combined land and sea expedition, which began in 480 BC, fell under the command of the king himself Xerxes I and his brother-in-law and cousin Mardonius who was a close confidant of Xerxes' father Darius.
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William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling – The Monarchic Tragedies, second edition; adds The Alexandrean and Julius Caesar to his previously-published closet dramas Croesus and Darius
Josh Asselin, Darius Taylor and Peter Vignier served as team captains, and LaVell Blanchard and Kevin Gaines shared team MVP honors.
It was here that Addie met Albert Darius Ballou, great-grandnephew of Hosea Ballou and cousin of Hosea Ballou II and Maturin Murray Ballou.
When Republican State Senator Daniel Webster was unable to seek re-election in the 9th District, which included parts of Orange County, Osceola County, and Seminole County, due to term limits, Gardiner defeated Darius Davis, a teacher and the Democratic nominee, with 58% of the vote to win the seat.
These include: Sitting Down To Eat which was selected as an American Booksellers Association Pick of the list; Sarah's Story a Storytelling World Award Winner; and The Amazing Flight of Darius Frobisher his first novel for elementary students.
Statues of ancient and mythological subjects are attributed to him, including the white marble relief of the family of Darius displayed at Stowe House in England.
Darius A. Monsef IV (born September 26, 1981 in Honokaa, Hawaii) is an internet entrepreneur & philanthropist known most widely as the founder of the design community COLOURlovers and co-founder & board member of the All Hands Volunteers international charitable organization.
Since 2005 Rome: Engineering an Empire (History, winner of 2 Emmys), Darius has appeared in over 25 documentaries, including the series Ancients Behaving Badly (History) and When Rome Ruled (National Geographic).
Later, Darius moved to 127A Tremont, the address he was listed at when his biography appeared in the 1918 Marquis Who's Who.
Darius D'Souza (born 11 October 1989) is an Indian born Canadian cricketer.
Following the 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Darius Morris was selected as a third team All-Big Ten selection by both the conference's coaches and the conference's media.
On June 18, on the battlefield of Waterloo (present-day Belgium), Duncan carries a sick soldier on his back and meets Immortal Darius on his way.
The episode featured a big list of guest stars including Chazz Palminteri as Shorty, Kristen Schaal as Whitney, Reid Ewing as Dylan, Darius Dudly as Dale, William Jones as Scotty and Bernardo Badillo as Delivery man.
The band was originally a side project put together by Johnny Bonnel and Darius Koski of the Swingin' Utters.
#according to this idea Grotefend was able to identify X for Xerxes, Y for Darius and Z with Hystaspes.
Released on June 24, 2008, this album is Darius' fourth, but his first released through Blue Note Records.
Prince Ochus, King Darius's son, was given a larger part than most records do, and the ghosts that Bucephalus often sees are also fiction.
Battle of Issus, in 333 BC, in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III
Armstead was part of a highly talented team that featured four other future NFL players — Clifton Abraham, Joe Burch, Le'Shai Maston, Darius Smith — and won the 1988 5A state championship (however, the title was later forfeited due to eligibility infringements).
The castle and the court of René I, count of Provence, were situated in Aix-en-Provence, birthplace of Darius Milhaud who was always fascinated by the history of the king, his code of chivalry and the legendary tournaments that took place at his court.
The story begins when old Nagabonar comes to Jakarta from Medan at the request of his son, a successful young businessman who runs a large company with three of his closest friends, Pomo (Darius Sinathrya), Ronnie (Uli Herdinansyah) and Jaki (Michael Muliadro).
He came back in 2012 with a new version of "Do It All Night" with Darius & Finlay featuring Zimbabwe-born German rapper Carlprit and Nicco.
Attempts at deciphering Old Persian cuneiform started in 1711 when some of Darius's inscriptions were published by Jean Chardin.
In an attempt to craft a lasting harmony between his Macedonian and Persian subjects, he took an oath of unity before 9,000 Persian and Greek soldiers at Opis, he married Statira (the daughter of Darius) and held a mass marriage of his senior officers to Persian and other noblewomen at Susa just prior to coming to Opis.
Gordias refounded a capital at Gordium in west central Anatolia, situated on the old trackway through the heart of Anatolia that became Darius's Persian "Royal Road" from Pessinus to Ancyra, and not far from the River Sangarius.
For many years Roger Calmel taught at French Radio and Television children's choir school, before becoming the head of the Darius Milhaud music conservatory in the XIVth arrondissement in Paris.
Meanwhile, Darius's old ally, Porrus, the king of India, still threatens, and Alexander sets out further eastward.
The organist will be Darius Battiwalla and the vocal soloists Jennifer Johnston, Andrew Kennedy and Keith Brynmor John.
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus regularly sings with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Manchester Camerata and the Hallé, and over the last few years has performed under the batons of Gianandrea Noseda, Nicholas Kraemer, and Sir Mark Elder, as well as its own regular conductor, Darius Battiwalla, and others.
According to Zechariah 1:7-16, "On the 24th day of the 11th month, which is the month of Shevat, in the second year of the reign of Darius, the word of God came to Zachariah the son of Berechiah the son of Ido the prophet, saying: '...I will return to Jerusalem in mercy, my house will be built within her" This was two years before the completion of the Second Temple on the 3rd of Adar, 515 BCE.
Alexander himself married Stateira (sometimes called Barsine, but not to be confused with Barsine, wife of Memnon), the eldest daughter of Darius, and, according to Aristobulus, another wife in addition, Parysatis, the youngest daughter of Artaxerxes III.
As an improvising soloist, he has performed and toured with Louie Bellson, Clark Terry, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Chris Potter, the New York Voices, Nicholas Payton, Herb Ellis, Donald Byrd, Darius Brubeck and the Manhattan Transfer.
After Alexander's forces successfully defeated the Persians at the Battle of the Granicus, Darius took personal charge of his army, gathered a large army from the depths of the empire, and maneuvered to cut the Greek line of supply, requiring Alexander to countermarch his forces, setting the stage for the battle near the mouth of the Pinarus River and south of the village of Issus.
Painter's Roman (1870), cut in association with Darius Wells; Adobe's virtual type version is called Juniper.