POLITICIAN

Hystaspes

570 BC - 495 BC

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Hystaspes (Old Persian: 𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱 Vištāspa; Ancient Greek: Ὑστάσπης Hustáspēs) or Guštāsp (Persian: گشتاسپ Guštāsp) (fl. 550 BC), was a Persian satrap of Bactria and Persis. He was the father of Darius I, king of the Achaemenid Empire, and Artabanus, who was a trusted advisor to both his brother Darius as well as Darius's son and successor, Xerxes I. The son of Arsames, Hystaspes was a member of the Persian royal house of the Achaemenids. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hystaspes has received more than 13,437 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Hystaspes is the 3,105th most popular politician.

Hystaspes is most famous for being the father of Darius the Great.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hystaspes ranks 3,105 out of 19,576. Before him are Publius Cornelius Scipio, Thessalonike of Macedon, Andreas Papandreou, Amalaric, David of Trebizond, and Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal. After him are Kilij Arslan II, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Blaise Compaoré, Paul Kruger, Haman, and Ranavalona III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 570 BC, Hystaspes ranks 5. Before him are Pythagoras, Xenophanes, Anacreon, and Theognis of Megara.  Among people deceased in 495 BC, Hystaspes ranks 3. Before him are Pythagoras, and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus.

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