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Yin-Yen: There are many different accounts of Darius's rise to the throne but the most important came from both Darius and Herodotus. Both accounts state he killed Smerdis, son of Cyrus, and claimed the throne with assistance of 6 other nobles. Darius claimed in his Behistun inscription that the supposed Smerdis was actually an impersonator called Gaumata, a Magian. Darius therefore stated that he was restoring the kingship to the rightful Achaemenid house. However, according to Herodotus, Smerdis was actually the legitimate king and it is undoubtedly certain that Darius merely just made up this reason to make his claim for the throne legitimate. Once Smerdis was killed Darius and the 6 nobles decided to take on a test to ultimately decide
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