Darius II Nothus
Darius II Nothus: Achaemenid king of the Persian Empire, ruled from 423 to 404.
Relatives:
- Father: Artaxerxes I Makrocheir
- Mother: Cosmartidene, a lady from Babylon (therefore called Nothus, 'bastard')
- Wife: his half-sister Parysatis
- Sons:
- Arsaces (=Artaxerxes II Mnemon),
- Cyrus the Younger,
- Ostanes (father of Astanes and Sisygambis, grandfather of Darius III Codomannus, Statira, Oxyathres)
- Daughter: Amestris
Main deeds
- Accession between 24 December 424 and 10 January 423; his real name, Ochus, is replaced by Darius
- 420: Revolt of Pissuthnes, satrap of Lydia
- Wars against the Cadusians
- 415: Tissaphernes suppresses the revolt op Pissuthnes; Amorges continues the rebellion
- 413: Outbreak of the Ionian or Decelean War between Athens and Sparta; Tissaphernes tries to use the two Greek city states against each other
- 412: Treaty with Sparta (text); the Spartans capture Amorges
- Intervention in the Peloponnesian Warnote
- 410: Ethnic riots in Upper Egypt
- 407: Cyrus the Younger made satrap of Lydia; he unconditionally supports Sparta against Athens
- Death on 1, 2, or 3 April 404
Sources
- Ecbatana: D2Ha
- Susa: D2Sa, D2Sb
- Ctesias of Cnidus, Photius' Excerpt of Ctesias' Persica, §§51ff
- Diodorus of Sicily, Library of World History, Book 12-15
- Thucydides
Buildings
- Naqš-i Rustam: Tomb I (?)
- Susa: beginning of reconstruction works, completed by Artaxerxes II
- Babylon
Succeeded by: Artaxerxes II Mnemon