Phraortes

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Also Known As	Khshathrita • Fravartish • Kashtariti
Died	653 BCE
Title / Office	king (675BC-653BC), Media

Cyaxares

king of Media

Deioces

king of Media

Harpagus

Median general

Astyages (left) spearing a lion, detail of a gold scabbard; in the British Museum

Astyages

king of Media

Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.

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