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Darius I
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Da·ri·us I  (d-rs) Known as "Darius the Great." 550?-486 b.c.
King of Persia (521-486) who expanded the empire, organized a highly efficient administrative system, and invaded Greece, only to be defeated at the Battle of Marathon in 490.

Darius I [dəˈraɪəs]
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(Biographies / Darius I (?550 bc-486 bc) M, Persian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) known as Darius the Great, surname Hystaspis. ?550-486 bc, king of Persia (521-486), who extended the Persian empire and crushed the revolt of the Ionian city states (500). He led two expeditions against Greece but was defeated at Marathon (490)
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Noun1.Darius I - king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC)Darius I - king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC)


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The intrepid individual was Henry Cheswicke Rawlinson, an Englishman, scholar, soldier, diplomat and imperial adventurer, and he was copying the vast lists of inscriptions cut into the cliff face on the orders of King Darius the Great of Persia more than 2,000 years previously.
 
 
 
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