By Nwachukwu Ngige
King Darius I (522 – 486 BC) was the fourth in line and
the greatest of the kings of the ancient Persia , today’s Iran .
During his reign, the empire covered the entire middle East, modern Turkey and parts
of Balkans , India and Asia .
His ambitious plan to
overrun and annex the city states of Greece however met the
waterloo at the battle of Marathon where
the highly spirited Athenians inflicted a debilitating defeat on the Persians
in B.C 490.
*Buhari |