Darius III and Courtiers. Persia 350 BC.

Darius III. Costumes. Asia Ancient Times. Persia.

Darius III and Courtiers.

Darius III and Courtiers

Asia Tempi Antichi. Persia. Dario III E Cortigiani.

Darius III, originally named Artashata, around 380 BC. to July 330 BC. was as successors of Arses of Persia (Artaxerxes, Artaxšacā) 336-330 v. Chr. and the last Persian king of the Achaemenid Empire. He lost the battle of Gaugamela against Alexander the Great who conquered the Persian Empire from 334 BC. In flight from the Macedonian king Darius was murdered by a group of nobles around the satrap Bessus.

Source: Usi e Costumi. Antichi e Moderni di Tutti Popoli del Mondo. Narrati e descritti da L. Bellinzoni. Editore Perino. Roma, 1900.

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  1. Assyrian and BabylonianMesopotamian costume history.
  2. Egyptian costume history.
  3. Greek fashion history
  4. Minoan costume history.
  5. The Amazons.
  6. Ancient Roman costume history. B.C. 53 to A.D. 450..
  7. Ancient Costumes of the Persians and other Asiatics.
  8. Ancient Costume History of Egyptian, Greek, Roman and others.
  9. The Roman Tunica or Greek Chiton.
  10. The Roman Paenula. The cowl or hood.
  11. On the origin of the pants by Max Marcuse
  12. The Toga and the manner of wearing it.
  13. The Gallic and Gallo-Roman costume period.
  14. The Ancient inhabitants of France. Till B.C. 125. (French History)
  15. The shields of the Gauls. Clans in the Roman Empire.
  16. The Barbarian Invasions. The Migration Period in Europe, 395-527 A. D.
  17. Roman legionary in full armor.
  18. Roman Britain. Maps, Places, Tribes. Historical atlas.
  19. Celt and Roman. History of England 43 BC to 440 AD.
  20. Gallic and Gallo-Roman helmets of Celtic warriors.
  21. The Roman Paenula. The cowl or hood.
  22. Roman, Greece and Egypt. The Corset and the Crinolin fashion history.
  23. Frankish Merovingian costume history. 4th and 5th century.
  24. Byzantine costume history. 5th to 6th century.
  25. The Carolingian fashion period 752-987. Reign of Charlemagne.
  26. The Carolingian Fashion Period 987 to 1270.
  27. Europe in the time of Charles the Great 768 – 814. Maps and Places.
  28. Alfred the Great. The first English king.
  29. King Harold II. Last Anglo-Saxon king of England.
  30. Monachism. Monastic costumes history.
Note:  Persia. Persepolis, Isfahan. Ruins. Tomb.

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