- List of ancient Persians
=Median Dynasty=*
Deioces 728-675 BC
*Phraortes 675-653 BC
*Madius the Scythian 653-625 BC
*Cyaxares 625-585 BC
*Astyages 585-550 BCThe Medes were an Iranian people. The Persians, a closely related and subject people, revolted against the
Median empire during the6th century BC .Achaemenid dynasty *
Achaemenes , founder of the dynasty.
*Teispes of Anshan , his son.
*Cyrus I of Anshan , his son.
*Ariaramnes of Persia , son of Teispes and co-ruler of Cyrus I.
*Cambyses I of Anshan , son of Cyrus I.
*Arsames of Persia , son of Ariaramnes and co-ruler of Cambyses I
*Cyrus II the Great, son of Cambyses I, ruled from c.550 -530 BC .
*Cambyses II , his son, ruled 530 -521 BC .
*Smerdis , his alleged brother, ruled521 BC
*Darius the Great , his brother-in-law and grandson of Arsames, ruled 521 -486 BC .
*Xerxes I , his son, ruled 486 -465 BC
*Artaxerxes I , his son, ruled 464 -424 BC .
*Xerxes II , his son, ruled 424 -423 BC .
*Sogdianus , his half-brother and rival, ruled 424 -423 BC .
*Darius II , his half-brother and rival, ruled 424 -404 BC .
*Artaxerxes II , his son, ruled 404 -358 BC (see alsoXenophon ).
*Artaxerxes III ,his son, ruled 358 -338 BC
*Arses, his son, ruled 338 -336 BC
*Darius III Codomannus, great-grandson of Darius II, ruled 336 -330 BC The epigraphic evidence for the rulers before Cyrus the Great is highly suspect, and often considered to have been invented by
Darius I .Argead Dynasty *
Alexander the Great (330 BC -323 BC )
*Philip III Arrihadeus (323 BC -317 BC )
*Alexander IV (323 BC -310 BC )Seleucid dynasty *
Seleucus I Nicator (312 BC/305 BC-281 BC)
*Antiochus I Soter (co-ruler from 291, ruled 281-261 BC)
*Antiochus II Theos (261-246 BC)
*Seleucus II Callinicus (246-225 BC)
*Seleucus III Ceraunus (225-223 BC)
*Antiochus III the Great (223-187 BC)
*Seleucus IV Philopator (187-175 BC)
*Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BC)(The Seleucid Dynasty gradually lost control of Persia. In
253 BC , theArsacid Dynasty established itself inParthia . The Parthians gradually expanded their control, until by the mid 2nd Century BC, the Seleucids had completely lost control of Persia. There were more Seleucid rulers of Syria and, for a time, Babylonia, after Antiochus IV, but none had any effective power in Persia).Parthia n dynastySassanid dynasty , 224-651*Ardashir I from
224 to241 .
*Shapur I from241 to272
*Hormizd I from272 to273 .
*Bahram I from273 to276 .
*Bahram II from276 to293 .
*Bahram III year293 .
*Narseh from293 to302 .
*Hormizd II from302 to310 .
*Shapur II from310 to379
*Ardashir II from379 to383 .
*Shapur III from383 to388 .
*Bahram IV from388 to399 .
*Yazdegerd I from399 to420 .
*Bahram V from420 to438 .
*Yazdegerd II from438 to457 .
*Hormizd III from457 to459 .
*Peroz I from457 to484 .
*Balash from484 to488 .
*Kavadh I from488 to531 .
**Djamasp from496 to498 .
*Khosrau I from531 to579 .
*Hormizd IV from579 to590 .
*Khosrau II from590 to628 .
**Bahram VI from590 to591 .
**Bistam from591 to592 .
**Hormizd V year593 .
*Kavadh II year628 .
*Ardashir III from628 to630 .
**Peroz II year629 .
*Shahrbaraz year630 .
*Boran and others from630 to631 .
*Hormizd VI (or V) from631 to632 .
*Yazdegerd III from632 to651 .Religious figures
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Mani
*Mazdak
*Zarathustra
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