This man's claim to the t
This man's claim to the throne was challenged by the imposter Gaumata, who claimed to be Bardiya, the brother of a deceased sovereign. This ruler's war against the Scythians is described on the fifth column of the trilingual Behistun Inscription. This man served as lance-bearer for his predecessor Cambyses II, and word of this ruler's loss at one battle was carried to his enemy's capital by the messenger Pheidippides. Aristagoras incited Ionia into rebellion against this leader, whose troops under Datis were defeated by Miltiades at the Battle of Marathon. FTP, name this Persian ruler who was succeeded by Xerxes the Great.
This man's claim to the throne was challenged by the imposter Gaumata, who claimed to be Bardiya, the brother of a deceased sovereign.
{Darius the Great} (or {Darius I})