KING |
REIGN |
|---|---|
| Herakles | . |
| Alkaios | . |
| Belos | . |
| Ninos | . |
| Agron, first Heraklid king of Sardis | . |
| [ 19 generations ] |
[ 22 generations from Agron to Candaules, inclusive: 505 years (Herodotus I. 6.4) ] |
| Myrsos | . |
| Candaules | . |
| Gyges, the first Mermnad king | 38 years (Herodotus I. 14.4) |
| Ardys | 49 years (Herodotus I. 16.1) |
| Sadyattes | 12 years (Herodotus I. 16.1) |
| Alyattes | 57 years (Herodotus I. 25.1) |
| CROESUS | 14 years (560-546 B.C.) (Herodotus I. 86.1) |
KING |
REIGN |
|---|---|
| Deioces | 53 years (Herodotus I. 102.1) |
| Phraortes | 22 years (Herodotus I. 102.2) |
| Cyaxares | 40 years (Herodotus I. 106.3) |
| Astyages | 35 years (Herodotus I. 130.1) |
| CYRUS, the first King of the Medes and the Persians | 29 years (559–530 B.C.) (Herodotus I. 214.3) |
| Cambyses |
8 years (530–522 B.C.) (Herodotus III. 66.2 and 67.2) [including the brief reign of Smerdes] |
| Smerdes | (Herodotus III. 67.2) |
| Darius I | 36 years (521–486 B.C.) (Herodotus VII. 4) |
| Xerxes | (486–464) (Herodotus VII. 7 and VII. 20.1) |
| Artaxerxes I | 40 years (464–424 B.C.) |
| Darius II | (424–405 B.C.) |
| Artaxerxes II Memnon | (404–358 B.C.) |
| Artaxerxes III Ochus | (358–338) |
| Arses | (338–-336) |
| Darius III | (336–330 B.C.) |
John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu