Talk:Darius III

message: There is alot of info in this article about Darius and the conflicts he had to deal with. But it doesn't really say anything about his rule. Was he a just ruler? Did he try to clean up the corruption in his new empire or was he corrupt as well? Perhaps a little bit more should be added along those lines.
Fred26 09:08, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: SLAY 103.115.23.18 (talk) 09:27, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Darius the person and the ruler

message: The article says Bagoas was chiliarch.  But that was, according to wikipedia a Greek office, not a Persian one.  Furthermore, Bagoas was, per this article, killed by Darius.  However the end of the first section says that he was not killed by Darius but taken by Alexander.  Contradiction. --Blue Tie 02:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently, the title of chiliarch was directly imported by the greeks, and would be the same as a persian "hazarapatish" (which I think is the same as Great Vizier). As long as this is not exactly contradictory, since both ranks are the same just in different places, it would be better to change the chiliarch term for one of both hazarapatish or great vizier. Regarding the Bagoas issue, Great Vizier Bagoas and the eunuch Bagoas are two different persons, hence no contradiction there. Charles Dexter Ward 10:42, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

text: I have proceeded to apply to aforementioned changes and remove the contradict tag. Please review the results. Charles Dexter Ward 13:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Contradictions

message: In article
In 333 BC Darius himself took the field against the Macedonian king, but his much larger army was outflanked and defeated at the Battle of Issus and Darius was forced to flee, leaving behind his chariot, his camp, and his family, all of which were captured by Alexander.
I remember reading somewhere that Darius had his lead military commander executed which forced him to take the field. He was executed because they disagreed on how to deal with Alexander. Any of that sound legit?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.209.246.97 (talk) 02:07, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the move request was: page has already been moved. Srnec (talk) 00:16, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Darius on the battlefield 

message: Unfortunately, most editors you were knowledgeable in Persian history have long abandoned Wikipedia in frustration over continued bullying by certain Wikipedia administrators.
This article is in need of a major re-edit to address lopsidedness and vandalism.Special:Contributions/Artabanus3 (talk) 04:30, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major Innacuracies  

message: Why the hell does the beginning of this article give the pronunciation of the name in Modern Persian? This is the English Wikipedia, and Darius' own personal name was in OLD Persian (Darayavauš or something, iirc)-- Modern Persian doesn't come into play here. I'm deleting it for the time being. Cevlakohn (talk) 00:52, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Persian pronunciation, what? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: According to the Wiki article at Tomb of Darius the Great, the tomb has been found. The assertion otherwise in this article (citing a 1993 source) should therefore probably be updated. WmDKing (talk) 11:38, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tomb of Darius