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Seven Against Mage: Darius and his co-conspirators
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | In my presentation, I focused on the lists of seven Persians who revolted against the king. After the death of the Achaemenid king Cambyses, Gaumata became the ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, but opposition arose against him within a year and the conspirators killed the imposter. Seven Persians took part in the plot. We have three sources that mention the events and the names, but they differ to some degree. The events are described in the following texts: the Behistun Inscription by Darius the Great, Herodotus’ Histories, and Ctesias’ Persica. In the main part of the presentation, I explored the sources and the lists of the conspirators. I closely examined the nobles, who appear in the lists, how significant was their role in the plot, and whether they remained important figures in the Achaemenid Empire afterwards or not. The main questions, what could have caused the differences in the narration of the events and why do we have more than seven persons mentioned in the lists, are to be answered in the presentation. |
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