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Darius I, commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE.

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Birth Year
550 BCE 1
Wikipedia's infobox gives his birth as circa 550 BCE, year only; stored as a signed year following the atlas's BC convention.
Death Year
486 BCE 1
Wikipedia's infobox gives his death as October 486 BCE; only the year is recorded here for the same reason as his birth-year.
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was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE
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c. 550 BCE
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October 486 BCE
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Darius I ... was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE.
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