- the era of
Deioces' rule is not
clear and
probably covered most of the
first half of the 7th
century BC.
According to Herodotus,
Deioces was the first...
- Φραόρτης, romanized: Phraórtēs), son of
Deioces, was the
second king of the
Median kingdom. Like his
father Deioces,
Phraortes started wars
against ****yria...
-
years of
reign to
Deioces, and 22
years to Phraortes.
George Rawlinson proposed, instead, that
Phraortes ruled for 53 years, and
Deioces for 22 years. With...
- the Medes'
capital in 678 BC by
Deioces, the
first ruler of the Medes.
Herodotus said that it had
seven walls.
Deioces'
intention was to
build a palace...
- Herodotus,
Deioces strategically plotted to
establish autocratic rule over the Medes. In a time of
widespread lawlessness in Media,
Deioces diligently...
-
centuries of ****yrian rule. The
unification of the
Median tribes under king
Deioces in 728 BC led to the
foundation of the
Median Empire and
their capital...
-
promptly turned him over to the
triumphant Cyrus. In
Herodotus (I, 95–130),
Deioces is
introduced as the
founder of a
centralized Median state. He had been...
-
Nebuchadnezzar II Amel-Marduk
Neriglissar Labashi-Marduk
Nabonidus Median Empire Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares Astyages 539–331 BCE Twenty-seventh
Dynasty of...
- relate.
There was
among the
Medes a
clever man
called Deioces: he was the son of Phraortes.
Deioces was
infatuated with sovereignty, and so he set about...
-
calendar era
became the
prevalent method in
Europe for
naming years. King
Deioces dies
after a 53-year
reign that has
established the
kingdom of the Medes...
