Darius-i definition

The fraud was short-lived, and Darius I.

In former times the assertion often was, and even now is often put forward, that Vishtaspa was one and the same person with the historical Hystaspes, father of Darius I.

Before his execution his nose and ears were cut off, according to the Persian custom; we learn from the Behistun inscription that Darius I.

From the time of the XXVth Dynasty there is a great increase in written documents of a legal character, sales, loans, &c., apparently due to a change in law and custom; but after the reign of Darius I.