Deiocids

The Deiocids were a Median dynasty who lived in the 8th and early 7th centuries BC. BC ruled over a smaller region of the Near East .

history

According to the Greek historian Herodotus , the Medes Empire was founded by the Deiokes dynasty , who was elected regional king by the Median sub-tribes.

Investigations in the meantime have refuted Herodotus statements as a political and sophistic ideal . A dynasty under Deiokes could not be proven and therefore did not exist at any time.

chronology

• Deiokes (728–716 BC)
• Deiokes II (716 BC - 710 BC) local ruler as a vassal of Assyria
• Deiokes III. (710 BC -?) Local ruler as a vassal of Assyria

literature

• Robert Rollinger : The phantom of the medical "great empire" and the Behistun inscription. In: Edward Dabrowa (Ed.): Ancient Iran and its Neighbors. Jagiellonian University Press, Krakow 2005, ISBN 83-233-1946-4 .
• Robert Rollinger: Media. In: Walter Eder , Johannes Renger (Ed.): Ruler Chronologies of the ancient world. Names, dates, dynasties (= The New Pauly . Supplements. Volume 1). Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-476-01912-8 , pp. 112-115.
• Mischa Meier: Deiokes, King of the Medes. Steiner, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-515-08585-8 .