Darius the Great
Also known as: Darius I of Persia · Dareios · Dārayavahuš · Darayavaush · Dāryūsh · Dārayavauš · Darius the Great · Dāriyūsh
Darius I, commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE.
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Darius the Great: Herodotus
Herodotus, a Greek historian and author of The Histories, provided an account of many Persian kings and the Greco-Persian Wars.
Darius the Great: Thermopylae, 480 BCE
The second Persian invasion under Xerxes was a delayed response to the failure of the first Persian invasion, which had been initiated by Darius I and ended in 490 BC by an Athenian-led Greek victory at the Battle of Marathon.