Darius the Great. Persian king, lord of land from Egypt to India. Ebbot J.

The book of Jacob Ebbot talks about the accession to the throne of Daria I, the king of the Achaemenid dynasty, founded by Cyrus the Great. Under Daria, the Persian Empire reached the highest power. With the help of his personal guard - “ten thousand immortal” - he managed to suppress the unrest of the Scythian tribes of Central Asia, as well as the uprising in Babylonia, Media, Elame, Egypt, Parfia and win part of India. The campaign of Daria against the freedom -loving citizens of Greece ended with his defeat in the famous battle of the marathon.