{"slug": "darius-i", "label": "Darius I", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_I", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [-548, 620], "span_label": ["549 BCE", "620 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "achaemenid-empire", "label": "Achaemenid Empire", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "persepolis", "label": "Persepolis", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sassanid-empire", "label": "Sassanid Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "palestine-region", "label": "Palestine (region)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "khosrau-ii", "label": "Khosrau II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "diocese-of-egypt", "label": "Diocese of Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ankara", "label": "Ankara", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-greece", "label": "Ancient Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "persia", "label": "Persia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -548, "year_label": "549 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Darius I, king of Persia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346605699#Births", "title": "549 BC", "revid": 1346605699, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -517, "year_label": "518 BCE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Darius I begins constructing Persepolis, a new capital for the Persian Empire (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342658453#Architecture", "title": "518 BC", "revid": 1342658453, "section": "Events › By topic › Architecture"}}, {"year": -509, "year_label": "510 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Aryandes, Persian satrap of Egypt (executed by the Persian king Darius I)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129120#Deaths", "title": "510 BC", "revid": 1350129120, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -499, "year_label": "500 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Darius I of Persia proclaims that Aramaic will be the official language of the western half of his empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363151372#Middle_East", "title": "500 BC", "revid": 1363151372, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": -491, "year_label": "492 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The first expedition of King Darius I of Persia against Greece commences under the leadership of his son-in-law and general, Mardonius. Darius sends Mardonius to succeed his satrap (governor) in Ionia, Artaphernes, with a special commission to attack Athens and Eretria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172499#Greece", "title": "492 BC", "revid": 1354172499, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -489, "year_label": "490 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Darius I sends an expedition, under Artaphernes and Datis the Mede, across the Aegean to attack the Athenians and the Eretrians. Hippias, the aged ex-tyrant of Athens, is on one of the Persian ships in the hope of being restored to power in Athens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129378#Greece", "title": "490 BC", "revid": 1350129378, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -485, "year_label": "486 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Egypt revolts against Persian rule upon the death of king Darius I. The revolts, probably led by Libyans of the western Delta, are crushed the next year by Xerxes, who reduces Egypt to the status of a conquered province.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360598378#Persian_Empire", "title": "486 BC", "revid": 1360598378, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": -485, "year_label": "486 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Darius I, king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire (b. 550 BCE)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360598378#Deaths", "title": "486 BC", "revid": 1360598378, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -459, "year_label": "460 BCE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The construction of the ceremonial complex of Apadana (the audience hall of Darius I and Xerxes I) in Persepolis is completed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354173290#Persian_Empire", "title": "460 BC", "revid": 1354173290, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": -282, "year_label": "283 BCE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The canal from the Nile River to the Red Sea, initially started but not completed by the Egyptian pharaoh Necho II and repaired by the Persian king Darius I, is again repaired and made operational by Ptolemy II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354173238#Egypt", "title": "283 BC", "revid": 1354173238, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": 620, "year_label": "620 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine–Sassanid War: King Khosrau II captures Ancyra, an important Byzantine military base in central Anatolia. After the conquest of Egypt and Palestine, he restores the Persian Empire as it existed in 490 BC under Darius I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749611#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "620", "revid": 1364749611, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}