- in 522 BCE, or was
impersonated by a
magus called Gaumata (Old Persian: 𐎥𐎢𐎶𐎠𐎫 ‹See RfD›
Gaumāta),
whose name is
given by
Ctesias as
Sphendadates (Old...
-
monarch Bardiya (or S****is), who he
claimed was in fact an
imposter named Gaumata. The new king met with
rebellions throughout the
empire but
quelled each...
-
lying supine before him. The
supine figure is
reputed to be the
pretender Gaumata.
Darius is
attended to the left by two servants, and nine one-meter figures...
- the
Achaemenid court. She was
married in turn to
Cambyses II,
Bardiya (
Gaumata?) and
Darius I.
Herodotus tells us in his
Histories that the
Persian king...
-
There are
varying beliefs about cattle in
societies and religions.
Cattle are
considered sacred in the
Indian religions of Hinduism,
Jainism and Buddhism...
- to Herodotus,
after the
departure of
Cambyses II for Egypt, the
usurper Gaumata impersonated Bardiya (S****is), the
younger brother of Cambyses, and became...
- lance-bearer of
Darius I.
Gobryas was one of the six
helpers of
Darius in
killing Gaumāta in
September 522 BC
mentioned by Herodotus. He was
appointed as Darius'...
- Inscription,
written by the
following king
Darius the Great, a
magus named Gaumata impersonated Bardiya and
incited a
revolution in Persia.
Whatever the exact...
- I
succeeded Gaumata as
ruler of Persia.
Leonidas I. King of
Sparta March – Cambyses,
ruler of
ancient Persia (suicide)
October –
Gaumata,
ruler of ancient...
-
Inscription (Persian text,
cited above), the
brother was S****is, the Magus,
Gaumâta; in the
Elamite text of the inscription, the
Brother was Bardiya, the Magus...
