5.2.11 - Cambyses

“Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned 529–522 BC), who conquered Egypt in 525; he was the eldest son of King Cyrus II the Great by Cassandane, daughter of a fellow Achaemenid. During his father’s lifetime Cambyses was in charge of Babylonian affairs. In 538 he performed the ritual duties of a Babylonian king at the important New Year festival, and in 530, before Cyrus set out on his last campaign, he was appointed regent in Babylon.”¹

Notes

¹ Theodore Pappas, ed., Britannica 2002 Deluxe Edition CDROM, s.v. “Cambyses II.”