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Cambyses II
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Cambyses II

King of Kings

Born 559 BC · died 522 BC
Also known as Cambyses

Who was alive at the same time as Cambyses II?

  1. Stesichorus, 630–555 BC
  2. Nabonidus, c. 615 – 538 BC
  3. Anaximander, c. 610 – c. 546 BC
  4. Cyrus the Great, c. 600 – 530 BC
  5. Bias of Priene, c. 600 – c. 530 BC
  6. Chilon of Sparta, c. 600 – c. 520 BC
  7. Sushruta, 600–500 BC
  8. Anaximenes of Miletus, c. 585 – c. 527 BC
  9. Pherecydes of Syros, c. 580 – c. 499 BC
  10. Polycrates, 574–522 BC
  11. Anacreon, c. 570 – c. 485 BC
  12. Xenophanes, 570 – c. 478 BC
  13. Theognis of Megara, 570–485 BC
  14. Śāriputra, 568–484 BC
  15. Cambyses II, 559–522 BC
  16. Bimbisara, 558–491 BC
  17. Miltiades, c. 554 – 489 BC
  18. Simonides of Ceos, 556 – c. 468 BC
  19. Confucius, c. 551 – c. 479 BC
  20. Darius the Great, 550–486 BC
  21. Atossa, 550–475 BC
  22. Aristides, c. 540 – 467 BC
  23. Aeschylus, 525–456 BC
  24. Themistocles, 524–459 BC

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When Cambyses II was born, Xenophanes was 10 or 11, Sushruta was 40 or 41 and Śāriputra was 8 or 9.

When Cambyses II died, Darius the Great was 27 or 28, Themistocles was 1 or 2, Theognis of Megara was 47 or 48, Bimbisara was 35 or 36 and Atossa was 27 or 28.

Born during Cambyses II’s lifetime: Confucius, Aeschylus, Darius the Great, Themistocles, Simonides of Ceos, Miltiades, Aristides and Bimbisara.

Not quite contemporaries: Aesop died about 2 years before Cambyses II was born, Parmenides was born about 7 years after Cambyses II died, Pindar was born about 4 years after Cambyses II died and Xerxes I was born about 3 years after Cambyses II died.

Where Cambyses II’s contemporaries were born

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