The Persians
King Darius of Persia was mostly known as Darius Codomannus at the time of his reign. He was the cousin of Artaxerxes III who was murdered by a eunuch named Bogoas. Bogoas raised Darius Codomannus to the thrown after killing Artaxerxes III and his son Arses.
Bogoas tried to also murder Darius by poisoning him but he was forced to drink the poison himself by Darius. Due to the circumstances of his accession as king the empire he was taking charge of as the new king was very unstable and was governed by envious and unreliable satraps. Darius couldn’t do much about the corruption in his empire due to his lack of experience and skills as king.
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