The following pages present introductory material on the achievements of the individual Achaemenid kings. They focus especially on highlighting the perspective and information provided by the epigraphic material documented in the project. For the sake of comprehensiveness, some information is provided also on rulers that have no known inscriptions or were no more than short-lived usurpers.
Rulers (in chronological order):Henry Heitmann-Gordon
Henry Heitmann-Gordon, 'The Rulers of the Persian Empire', Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions online (ARIo) Project, The ARIo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2020 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ario/rulers/]