Darius I · Aeschylus Were Darius I and Aeschylus alive at the same time? Yes. Darius I and Aeschylus were alive at the same time for 38 or 39 years, from 525 BC to 486 BC. Aeschylus was 38 or 39 when Darius I died, aged 63 or 64. Darius IThe fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperorBorn 550 BC · died November 486 BC, aged 63 or 64AeschylusAncient Athenian playwrightBorn 525 BC · died 456 BC Cyrus the GreatConfuciusDarius IAeschylusSophoclesPericlesHerodotusSocratesHippocrates Darius I and Aeschylus in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.