Frieze the Archers, from the reign of Darius I, ca 510 BC from his palace in Susa Persia Persian Iran

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Darius the Great Darayawaush . 549 BC– 486/485 BC; He Who Holds Firm the Good was the son of Hystaspes, and Persian Emperor from 521 BC to 486/485 BC. His name in Modern Persian ancient Greek sources call him Dareios Darius was the Latin spelling used by ancient Roman historians

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