Cyrus II


 * Founded the Persian Empire
 * Achaemenid
 * Father of Cambyses II
 * Known for his namesake Cylinder
 * Harpagus's defection helped him overthrow Astyages to supplant the Medes
 * Established capitals at Ecbatana and Pasargadae
 * Gained access to the Aegean by defeating Croesus of Lydia at Thymbra
 * Xenophon wrote a biography of him
 * His daughter Atossa and the nobleman Otanes helped kill a Magi named Guatama who was masquerading as this man's son Bardiya.
 * Much of his propganda was aimed at casting himself as a better ruler than Nabonidus
 * Defeated Nabonidus at Opis
 * Alexander the Great ordered Sritobulus to restore his tomb
 * Tomb was an earthquake-resistant, six-layered step pyramid