Biographical dossier

Darius the Great

Darius the Great is classified in the historical people index as POLITICIAN. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q44387
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q44387
Wikidata ID
Q44387
Occupation class
POLITICIAN
Life span
550 BC–486 BC
Birth anchor
Caucasus (550 BC)
Death anchor
place not supplied (486 BC)
HPI
85.83227366161849

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between 550 BC and 486 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Caucasus (550 BC). Death: place not supplied (486 BC).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class POLITICIAN. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 12.81740019539831.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?