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Darius III (Artashata) ? (of Persia, Codomannus) b. -380 d. -330

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Person:96045

Lineage	?
Sex	Male
Full name (at birth)	Darius III (Artashata) ?
Other last names	of Persia, Codomannus
Parents ♂ Arzam (Arsames) [?] d. -336 ♀ Sisigambis [?]
Wiki-page	wikipedia:Darius_III

Events

-380 birth: possibly Codanovia (Skaðinawio)

child birth: ♀ Estatira ? (Barsine) [?]

title: Satrap of Codanovia (Skaðinawio)

-330 death:

Notes

Contemporary of Alexander the Great.

cousin of Artaxerxes III. Artaxerxes III of Persia and all of his sons except one, Arses, were killed off through the assassination plots of a vizier named Bagoas, who installed Arses on the throne as a puppet king. When he found out Arses couldn’t be controlled, however, Bagoas killed him off as well in 336 BC, and installed to the throne a man named Codomannus, the last surviving legitimate heir to the Persian throne. Codomannus was a distant relative of the royal house who had distinguished himself in a combat of champions in a war against the Cadusii[1] and was serving at the time as a royal courier.[2] Codomannus was the son of Arsames, son of Ostanes, one of Artaxerxes's brothers, and Sisygambis, daughter of Artaxerxes II Memnon. He took the throne at the age of 46.