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    Bardiya (redirect from Smerdis)
    Bardiya or Smerdis (Old Persian: 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 Bardiya; Ancient Greek: Σμέρδις Smérdis; possibly died 522 BCE), also named as Tanyoxarces (Old Persian: *Tanūvazraka;...
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    III at the Battle of Pelusium at 525 BC. 525–1 July 522 BC — — Bardiya (Smerdis) / Gaumata Son of Cyrus the Great. 522 BC Seteture Deriush (Darius I) Ascended...
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    sources.  According to Herod. (iii.61 ff.) both brother and Magus were named Smerdis; according to Ctesias of Cnidos (Persika, xii, translated by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones...
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    1863) Synonyms Melitaea texana W.H. Edwards, 1863 Tritanassa texana Phyciodes texana Eresia smerdis Hewitson, 1864 Eresia texana seminole Skinner, 1911...
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    claimant to the throne. The usurper, pretending to be Cyrus' younger son Smerdis, took power shortly thereafter. Owing to the despotic rule of Cambyses...
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  • related to. According to Herodotus, this was done by someone impersonating Smerdis in order to seize the throne of Cyrus the Great after his death. The concept...
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    Great (Darius I) King of Persia Cambyses II King of Persia Bardiya (Smerdis) Prince (imposter Gaumata ruled as Smerdis) Artystone Princess Atossa Princess...
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    Polyura hebe (redirect from Eulepis smerdis)
    Charaxes ganymedes Staudinger, 1886 Charaxes fallax Röber, 1894 Eulepis smerdis Moore, [1896] Charaxes fallacides Fruhstorfer, 1895 Charaxes plautus Fruhstorfer...
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    and a year following the death of the first pseudo-Smerdis (Gaumata), saw a second pseudo-Smerdis (Vahyazdāta) attempt a coup. The coup, though initially...
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    Arsames Teispes Cyrus I Cambyses I Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II) Cambyses II Smerdis Gaumata Darius the Great (Darius I) Xerxes the Great (Xerxes I) Artaxerxes...
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