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Raised to the throne by the ambitious Eunuch Bagoas. | |
Forced Bagoas to drink his own poison. | |
Persia invaded by Alexander the Great, Battle of Granicus. | |
Met Alexander in battle at Issus. Wife and mother were lost. | |
Final defeat by Alexander at Gaugamela. | |
Murdered by his attendants as he flew from Alexander. |
Campaign in Asia Minor in | Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott |
Great Victory in | Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott |
Irresistible Phalanx in | Helmet and Spear by Alfred J. Church |
Death of Darius in | The Story of the Greeks by H. A. Guerber |
Darius Gallops from the Battlefield in | The Story of Greece by Mary Macgregor |
Alexander the Great and Darius in | Historical Tales: Greek by Charles Morris |
Alexander the Great in | The Story of the Greek People by Eva March Tappan |
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![]() The family of Darius at Alexander's feet, Crane in Famous Men of Greece |
![]() The Death of Darius in Greatest Nations - Greece |
![]() Alexander discovering the body of Darius in Back Matter |
Bagoas | Devious minister who murdered two kings. |
Greatest general of ancient times. Conquered Persian Empire with 40,000 soldiers. |