Arrival at Susa before the accession coup
· Susa, Khuzestan, Iran
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic · file In Herodotus’s account, Darius came to Susa to join the conspiracy against the Magian ruler. The account is ancient literary evidence and is retained with lower confidence because the accession narrative is contested. The source attributes this movement to Herodotus; the event is dated only to 522 BCE, before Darius’s accession.
