id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6137 Arsames - Wikipedia .html text/html 1080 247 67 Position of Arsames in the Achaemenid lineage according to Darius the Great in the Behistun inscription. 520 BC) was the son of Ariaramnes and perhaps briefly the king of Persia during the Achaemenid dynasty, but he gave up the throne and declared loyalty to Cyrus II of Persia. After this, Arsames most likely retired to his family estate in the Persian heartland of Parsa, and lived out the rest of his long years there peacefully, though he may nominally have exercised the duties of a "lesser king" under the authority of the "Great King". Another attestation of his reign is the Behistun Inscription, where his grandson Darius I lists him among his royal forebears and counts him among the eight kings who preceded him. Arsames was the father of Hystaspes, satrap of Parthia, of Pharnaces, satrap of Phrygia and of Megabates, general. Arsames would live to see his grandson, Darius I, become the Great King of the Persian Empire, though he would die during his reign. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6137.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6137.txt