# Cambyses II

> The Persian king who conquered Egypt in 525 BCE and died weeks later from an infected thigh wound while racing home to crush a rebellion — leaving an empire that passed through his brother's hands in months before Darius seized it.

*The second Achaemenid emperor (530–522 BC)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/cambyses-ii

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** -559
- **Died:** -522
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Cambyses II inherited the Achaemenid throne in 530 BCE when his father Cyrus the Great fell fighting the Massagetae in Central Asia; he'd already served as governor of northern Babylonia and briefly as co-ruler. His reign pivoted on a single campaign: the invasion of Egypt, where he crushed Pharaoh Psamtik III at the Battle of Pelusium in 525 BCE and pushed west into Cyrenaica along the Libyan coast. Seven years in, a revolt erupted in Persia and forced him to abandon Egypt in the spring of 522 BCE. Somewhere en route to Syria he took a thigh wound that turned gangrenous; three weeks later he died in Agbatana, childless. His younger brother Bardiya took the throne and held it briefly before Darius overthrew him and carried the empire forward.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 61.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 17.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 20.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambyses_II)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182483)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Cambyses%20II)
- [قمبيز التانى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89)
- [ایکینجی کمبوجیه](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%87)
- [II Kambiz](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Kambiz)
- [Камбіз II](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%96%D0%B7_II)
- [Камбіз II](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%96%D0%B7_II)
- [Камбис II](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%81_II)
- [Cambises II de Pèrsia](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambises_II_de_P%C3%A8rsia)
- [Kambýsés II.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamb%C3%BDs%C3%A9s_II.)
- [Cambyses II, brenin Persia](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambyses_II%2C_brenin_Persia)
- [Kambyses II.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambyses_II.)
- [Καμβύσης Β΄ της Περσίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B2%CF%8D%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Kambizo la 2-a (Persio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambizo_la_2-a_(Persio))
- [Cambises II](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambises_II)
- [Kambyses II](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambyses_II)
- [Kanbises II.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanbises_II.a)
- [کمبوجیه دوم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Kambyses II](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambyses_II)
- [Cambyse II](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambyse_II)
- [Cambises II](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambises_II)
- [כנבוזי השני](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99)
- [कम्बुजीय](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF)
- [Kambiz II.](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambiz_II.)
- [Kambuses](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambuses)
- [قمبيز الثاني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)

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