Parysatis

…Xerxes II, who succeeded his father, was killed by his brother Sogdianos in 45 days, and Darius took the throne from Sogdianos six and a half months later. During his reign, his half-sister, Queen Parysatis, wielded power at court, and rebellions broke out in Syria, Lydia, and Media in succession. Although all of these were suppressed, they showed the weakening of the centralized system. Darius was able to take advantage of the Peloponnesian War to aid Sparta, an enemy of Athens, which had been interfering in the affairs of the western part of the empire, and to develop a foreign policy to his advantage. …

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…父王の後を継いだクセルクセス2世が45日にして弟ソグディアノスSogdianosに殺され，その6ヵ月半後にダレイオスがソグディアノスから王位を奪った。彼の時代，宮廷では異母妹の王妃パリュサティスParysatisが権勢をふるい，地方ではシリア，リュディア，メディアに相ついで反乱が起こり，これらはいずれも鎮圧されたが，中央集権体制の弱体化を示した。帝国西部の問題に干渉してきたアテナイに対しては，ペロポネソス戦争に乗じて敵のスパルタを援助し，外交政策を有利に展開することができた。…

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