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Darius
Persian king, used as an example of imperial power and its limits.
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In Book III: On the Control of Anger and the Path to Liberty: Cited as an example of a king who indulged his anger by killing the three sons of Oeobazus after promising to let them stay home. Later, in XVI: King of…
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