Bardiya (mar 1, 522 BC – nov 30, 522 BC)
Description:
aka Magus, aka Smerdis, aka Artaxerxes_______
Queen Esther wife of Xerxes Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence by Gerard Gertoux
The fragmentary information of Herodotus is therefore generally good: duration of Cambyses reign of 7 years and 5 month (Herodotus would include the 4 months of Nebuchadnezzar III); Bardiya reign of 7 months (The Histories III:66-67); or a total duration of 20 months for the revolt (The Histories III:152-153).
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Date:
mar 1, 522 BC
nov 30, 522 BC
~ 9 months
