Ancient era · 513 BCE

Scythian campaign of Darius I

The Scythian campaign of Darius I was a military expedition into parts of European Scythia by Darius I, the king of the Achaemenid Empire, in 513 BC. The Scythians were an East Iranian-speaking people who had invaded Media, revolted against Darius and threatened to disrupt trade between Central Asia and the shores of the Black Sea as they lived between the Danube and Don Rivers and the Black Sea.

When: 513 BCE
Where: Balkans
Era: Ancient

Topics

Achaemenid Empire600 BCE – 1973

Before and after

Battle of Pelusium525 BCE Roman Republic509 BCE – 27 BCE Show on timeline

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