The Inevitability of the Murder of Darius III by His Own Man
Authors
ligang liu
King’s college, university of London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK,k19008457@kcl.ac.uk
Corresponding Author
ligang liu
Available Online 8 April 2022.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220401.104How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Darius III; Achaemenid Empire; Bessus; Persepolis
- Abstract
As the last emperor of a dynasty lasted for 200 years Darius III’s death happen so quickly and was covered with a veil of mystery. After the battle of Guagamela, he still controlled what is now eastern Iran and Turkmenistan/Afghanistan and thus had the capacity to organize another army to fight, and indeed it was its intention. Why Darius’s officers chose to murder their king if Darius clearly have the potential to turn the table? This essay discusses the inevitability of Darius death from four aspects, his lineage, his battles, and the miserable consequences of those battles, and finally the power structure of the empire.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - ligang liu PY - 2022 DA - 2022/04/08 TI - The Inevitability of the Murder of Darius III by His Own Man BT - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 546 EP - 550 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220401.104 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220401.104 ID - liu2022 ER -