Assassination of Darius III

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath Alexander the Great pursued and executed Bessus
gptkbp:context gptkb:Persian_Empire
gptkb:Wars_of_Alexander_the_Great
gptkbp:date July 330 BC
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Marked the end of Persian resistance to Alexander the Great
gptkbp:location gptkb:Bactria
gptkbp:motive Desire to seize the Persian throne
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Barsaentes
gptkb:Bessus
Nabarzanes
gptkbp:result End of Achaemenid dynasty
Death of Darius III
gptkbp:successor Bessus (as Artaxerxes V)
gptkbp:victim gptkb:Darius_III
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Artaxerxes_V_Bessus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Assassination of Darius III