- the era of
Deioces' rule is not
clear and
probably covered most of the
first half of the 7th
century BC.
According to Herodotus,
Deioces was the first...
- Herodotus,
Deioces strategically plotted to
establish autocratic rule over the Medes. In a time of
widespread lawlessness in Media,
Deioces diligently...
- Phraortes, son of
Deioces, was the
second king of the
Median kingdom. Like his
father Deioces,
Phraortes started wars
against ****yria, but was defeated...
-
years of
reign to
Deioces, and 22
years to Phraortes.
George Rawlinson proposed, instead, that
Phraortes ruled for 53 years, and
Deioces for 22 years. With...
- the Medes'
capital in 678 BC by
Deioces, the
first ruler of the Medes.
Herodotus said that it had
seven walls.
Deioces's intention was to
build a palace...
-
promptly turned him over to the
triumphant Cyrus. In
Herodotus (I, 95–130),
Deioces is
introduced as the
founder of a
centralized Median state. He had been...
- relate.
There was
among the
Medes a
clever man
called Deioces: he was the son of Phraortes.
Deioces was
infatuated with sovereignty, and so he set about...
- The
Lebor Gabála
synchronises the
start of his
reign with the
reign of
Deioces of the
Medes (694–665 BC), and his
death with his
successor Phraortes (665–633...
-
Nebuchadnezzar II Amel-Marduk
Neriglissar Labashi-Marduk
Nabonidus Median Empire Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares Astyages 539–331 BCE Twenty-seventh
Dynasty of...
- of
Pasargadae Hill
Battle of
Pasargadae Fall of
Ecbatana Kings/Satraps
Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares Astyages Cyaxares II
Darius the Mede
Other Medians...
