What the records say
- When
- 513 BCE
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 49.00° N, 31.00° E
- Description
- military expedition into European Scythia by Achaemenid king Darius I in 513 BCE.
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Scythian campaign of Darius I
Achaemenid expedition into Scythia
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.
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