Darius the Great (522 - 486 B.C.E.)

Darius the Great, the Architect of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, expands Persian borders and begins a blood feud with the Greeks.

Songs Used

Is That You or Are You You? - Chris Zabriskie
Dawn of War - Ambient Themes, vol.1
Darius War Theme: Civilization V OST - Geoff Knorr and Muchael Curran

Ancient Sources

Herodotus
Xenophon

Modern Sources

Briant, Pierre, From Cyrus to Alexander

Online Sources

Wikipedia.org
Loeb Classical Library
Perseus Tufts Library
Livius.org
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

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