Energy And Propaganda In The Persian Empire He+
In fact, according to his incription located at Susa, each Darius’s father Hystaspes and his grandfather Arsames, were alive when he became the king. Assisted by six noble Persians, whose names he proclaims at the end of the Behistun inscription, he shocked and killed the usurper in a Median fortress , and gained the crown. He also married Atossa, the widow of the false Smerdis and daughter of King Cyrus the Good. The latter is important, as she gave birth…