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In Dan Carlin’s “King of Kings” podcast, he claims that it is possible that Darius I could’ve killed one or both of Cyrus The Great’s sons to become emperor and made up the story about Gaumata the Usurper as a cover-up. How true is this claim? Is this a valid theory that historians take seriously?

by /u/lelimaboy in /r/AskHistorians

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