List of Achaemenid kings
The list of the Achaemenid kings of the empire contains all rulers of the ancient Persian dynasty of the Achaemenids from 685 BC. BC to 330 BC Chr. On.
Chronological order of government of the Achaemenids
The list of Achaemenids names the regents and kings in chronological order.
| Surname | Reign | Remarks |
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| Beginning of the Achaemenid dynasty | ||
| Achaimenes | 685-675 BC Chr. | 1st king |
| Teispes | 675-640 BC Chr. | 2nd king |
| Ariaramna I. | 640 BC Chr. -? | 3. King and son of Teispes, regent of Parsa . Impeachment of Kyaxares II . |
| Cyrus I. | 640-600 BC Chr. | 4. King and son of Teispes, Regent of Parsuas and Anshan under Kyaxates II. |
| Arshama I. | not a king | Son of Ariaramna I. Regional Regent. |
| Cambyses I. | 600-559 BC Chr. | 5. King and son of Cyrus I. |
| Hystaspes | not a king | Son of arshama. Regional regent. |
| Cyrus II | 559-530 BC Chr. | 6. King and son of Cambyses I. |
| Cambyses II | 530-522 BC Chr. | 7. King and son of Cyrus II. |
| Bardiya | 522 BC Chr. | 8. King and brother of Cambyses II, taking over the throne for a short time through an uprising. |
| Beginning of the Teispes / Ariaramna I dynasty branch and the end of the Teispes / Kyros I. dynasty branch | ||
| Darius I. | 522-486 BC Chr. | 9. King and son of Hystaspes. Bardiya is assassinated by counter-revolt. |
| Xerxes I. | 486-465 BC Chr. | 10. King and son of Darius I. |
| Artaxerxes I. | 465-424 BC Chr. | 11. King and son of Xerxes I. |
| Xerxes II. | 424-423 BC Chr. | 12. King and son of Artaxerxes I. |
| Sogdianos | 423-423 BC Chr. | 13. King and son of Artaxerxes I, half-brother of Xerxes II. |
| Darius II | 423-404 BC Chr. | 14. King and son of Artaxerxes I, half-brother of Xerxes II. |
| Artaxerxes II. | 404-359 BC Chr. | 15. King and son of Darius II. |
| Artaxerxes III. | 359-338 BC Chr. | 16. King and son of Artaxerxes II. |
| Arses | 338-336 BC Chr. | 17. King and son of Artaxerxes III. |
| Dareios III. | 336-330 BC Chr. | 18. King and great-grandson of Darius II. |
| End of the Teispes / Ariaramna I dynasty branch and end of the Achaemenid Empire. | ||
Family table of the Achaemenids
Research today largely agrees that the kings (apart from Achaimenes) were not Achaemenids before Darius: They were Teispids, who were at most largely related to the Achaemenids. Darius, who in fact came to the throne as a usurper, then constructed a fictional genealogy that apparently made Cyrus and Cambyses his relatives, and moreover married two of Cyrus' daughters: the aim was to legitimize his rule by joining the previous dynasty. Although the first two rulers of the ancient Persian empire were not Achaemenids, one usually speaks of the Achaemenid Empire.
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Achaimenes 1st king |
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Teispes 2nd King |
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Ariaramna I. 3rd King Regent of Persis |
Cyrus I. 4th King Regent of Anzhan |
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Arshama I. Regional Regent |
Cambyses I. 5th King Regent of Anzhan |
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Hystaspes prince |
Cyrus II. 6th King Regent of Persia |
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Dareios I. 9th King Regent of Persia |
Cambyses II. 7th King Regent of Persia |
Bardiya 8th King Regent of Persia (or Gaumata as Smerdis) |
Artystone princess |
Atossa princess |
Roxane princess |
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Xerxes I. 10th King Regent of Persia |
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Artaxerxes I. 11th King Regent of Persia |
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Xerxes II. 12th King Regent of Persia |
Sogdianos 13th King Regent of Persia |
Darius II. 14th King Regent of Persia |
Arsites prince |
Parysatis princess |
Bagapaios prince |
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Artaxerxes II. 15th King Regent of Persia |
Amestris princess |
Cyrus the Younger Prince |
Oxathres prince |
Ostane's prince |
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Artaxerxes III. 16. King Regent of Persia |
Oh, prince |
Rodrogune princess |
Apama princess |
Sisygambi's princess |
Poor prince |
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Arses 17th King Regent of Persia |
Parysatis princess |
Dareios III. 18. King Regent of Persia |
Stateira |
Oxyathres prince |
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Alexander the Great King of Macedon Regent of Persia |
Stateira princess |
Ocho's prince |
Amastris princess |
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literature
- Heidemarie Koch : Achaemenid Studies. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1993, ISBN 3-447-03328-2 .
- Texts from the environment of the Old Testament : Volume 1 - New series. Gütersloh 2004, ISBN 3-579-05289-6 .
- Josef Wiesehöfer : Ancient Persia 550 BC Chr to 650 AD Patmos, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-491-96151-3 .
Remarks
- ↑ Reigns from texts from the environment of the Old Testament , p. 369 (see literature).
- ↑ The enumeration of the kings before Darius I refers to the Behistuninscription of Darius I: Eight of my tribe were kings before me, I am the ninth king. We have been kings in two lines. Cambyses II was previously king before Bardiya illegally took over the royal throne.