LC control no. | nr 94018056 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Smerdis, King of Persia, -approximately 527 B.C. |
Variant(s) | Bardiya, King of Persia, -approximately 527 B.C. Bardiyah, King of Persia, -approximately 527 B.C. Smerdis, King of Persia, d. ca. 527 B.C. |
Death date | -0526~ |
Found in | Testi inediti datati al regno di Bardiya (522 a.C.), 1991: p. xvi, etc. (Bardiya was crowned king of Babylonia [from 538 B.C. a region of the Persian Empire] on 7-1-522 B.C. and died the same year) LC in RLIN, 5-17-94 (hdg.: Smerdis, King of Persia, d. ca. 527 B.C.; no usage) Enc. Brit., 15th ed. (Smerdis (6th cent. B.C.); actually named Bardiya, but called Smerdis in the writings of Herodotus; Darius' inscription claims Smerdis was killed and impersonated by Guamata; others believe the man crowned was the true Smerdis) Enc. Amer., 1993 (Smerdis, Greek name of Bardiyah) Enc. Iranica (Bardiya, younger son of Cyrus the Great; called Smerdis by Herodotus) |