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Darius I
This chromolithograph of a frieze at Susa depicts attendants serving Darius I.
Darius I, also known as Darius the Great, died in 486 BCE. His death occurred while he was in the process of preparing for a third military expedition against Greece, which had been delayed by an insurrection in Egypt.1