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The mother to King Darius one was called Rhodugune.
There is a Biblical Darius, "Darius the Mede", who assumes the throne of Belshazzar after Daniel deciphers the predictions of Belshazzar's demise. (Book of Daniel) * This is one source for the English idiom "reading the handwriting on the wall", which means seeing a future consequence. Three kings of Persia were named Darius, the first being "Darius the Great" (549-486 BC) and the other two later successors, Darius II (aka Ochus, king 423-404 BC) and Darius III (aka Artashata 380-330 BC).
They were two of the kings who established it - from 550 BCE by Cyrus onwards. Cambyses II followed Cyrus and Darius I followed him. Others followed until Darius III was displaced by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE and it became the Macedonian Empire.
Kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses II and Darius the Great formed and consolidated the Empire.
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