Darius may refer to: Persian royalty Kings of the Achaemenid Empire Darius I (the Great, 550 to 487 BC) Darius II (423 to 404 BC) Darius III (Codomannus, 380 to 330 BC) Crown princes Darius (son of Xerxes I), crown prince of Persia, may have ruled briefly in 465 BC Darius, son of Artaxerxes II, crown prince and junior king of his father, father of Arbupales Kings, princes, and politicians Darius (praetorian prefect), Praetorian prefect of the East in 436 to 437 AD Darius I of Media Atropatene Darius II of Persis Darius the Mede Darius of Pontus Dara Shikoh, known as Darius the Magnificent Darius, one of the sons of King Mithridates VI Eupator Other Darius (album), by Graham Collier Darius (given name), including a list of people with the given name Darius (surname) Darius (horse), a racehorse Darius Films Darius (video game), a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up by Taito, originally released for the arcades in 1987 See also Dharius, Mexican rapper Daria (name), a feminine given name Dario (disambiguation), counterpart of Darius in Persian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Croatian Daris, a masculine given name Daria (disambiguation) Darius II (disambiguation)