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4. Darius L, successor of Cambyses (521-485 b.c.), ruled an empire that stretched from the Indus to the ^Egean Sea. He was a great administrator as well as a conqueror. Like Napoléon, he attempted an invasion of Russia (Scythia), which ended in disaster. Bossuet entirely underestimates his importance. The name is also given to two other Kings of Persia, Darius II. (424-404) and Darius III. Codoman (336- 330), defeated by Alexander the Great.