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The 26 pages that link to Darius the Great, each with the reason it gives.

• HerodotusRelated: His reign includes the Ionian Revolt and the first Persian invasion of Greece in Herodotus’s narrative.

• Cyrus the GreatRelated: Darius inherited Cyrus’s empire and developed its administration.

• Greco-Persian WarsRelated: He launched the expedition against Greece after the Ionian Revolt.

• Behistun InscriptionRelated: He commissioned the monument and speaks in its first-person account.

• Persian EmpireRelated: His reforms strengthened imperial government after a succession crisis.

• Xerxes IRelated: Xerxes succeeded his father and continued his unfinished campaign against Greece.

• Battle of MarathonRelated: He ordered the expedition intended to punish Athens and extend Persian influence.

• PersepolisRelated: He founded Persepolis and initiated its monumental construction.

• Ionian RevoltRelated: He ordered the campaigns that suppressed the revolt and later pursued punishment of Athens and Eretria.

• Ahura MazdaRelated: His inscriptions prominently credit Ahura Mazda with granting kingship and victory.

• Battle of ThermopylaeRelated: His failed invasion of Greece preceded the campaign led by his son Xerxes.

• Second Persian invasion of GreeceRelated: His failed campaign against Greece preceded Xerxes’ invasion.

• SusaRelated: He built a major palace at Susa and named the city among his royal residences.

• Royal RoadRelated: The road's imperial use is associated with the administrative system strengthened under Darius.

• SatrapRelated: His reign is associated with a more systematic provincial and tribute structure.

• The PersiansRelated: His summoned shade warns Xerxes against repeating the errors behind the invasion.

• Cambyses IIRelated: Darius seized the throne after Cambyses died and later presented his accession as restoring order.

• Achaemenid royal roadRelated: His reign is associated with the road system's imperial organization and expansion.

• Kharga OasisRelated: An inscription at Hibis associates the temple’s construction with his reign.

• First Persian invasion of GreeceRelated: He ordered the campaign and sought submission from Greek states after the Ionian Revolt.

• Scylax of CaryandaRelated: Herodotus says Darius commissioned Scylax to explore the Indus route.