Ancient Persia: Kings

Ancient Persia: Kings

• Cambyses, two kings of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia (c. 600–500 B.C.)
• Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, founder of the greatness of the Achaemenids and of the Persian Empire (c. 559–529 B.C.)
• Darius I (Darius the Great), king of ancient Persia (521–486 B.C.)
• Xerxes I (Xerxes the Great), king of ancient Persia (486–465 B.C.)
• Artaxerxes I, king of ancient Persia (464–425 B.C.), of the dynasty of the Achaemenis
• Xerxes II, king of ancient Persia (424 B.C.)
• Darius II, king of ancient Persia (423?–404 B.C.)
• Tissaphernes, Persian satrap of coastal Asia Minor (c.413–395 B.C.)
• Artaxerxes II, king of ancient Persia (404–358 B.C.)
• Mausolus, Persian satrap, ruler over Caria (c.376–353 B.C.)
• Artaxerxes III, king of ancient Persia (358–338 B.C.)
• Darius III (Darius Codomannus), king of ancient Persia (336–330 B.C.)
• Tiridates, king of Parthia (c.248–211 B.C.), second ruler of the Arsacid dynasty
• Shapur I, king of Persia (241–72)
• Shapur II, king of Persia (310–79), of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty
• Ardashir II, king of Persia (379–83), of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty
• Shapur III, king of Persia (383–88), of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty
• Khosrow I (Khosrow Anüshirvan), king of Persia (531–79)
• Khosrow II (Khosrow Parviz), king of Persia of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty (590–628)