Editing Darius the Great (section)

===Early revolts===
[[File:Darius.jpg|thumb|Darius the Great, by [[Eugène Flandin]] (1840)]]
{{Main|Achaemenid Civil War (522-520 BC)}}
Following his coronation at [[Pasargadae]], Darius moved to [[Ecbatana]]. He soon learned that support for [[Bardiya]] was strong, and revolts in [[Elam]] and [[Babylonia]] had broken out.{{sfn|Briant|2002|p=115}} Darius ended the Elamite revolt when the revolutionary leader Aschina was captured and executed in [[Susa]]. After three months the revolt in Babylonia had ended. While in Babylonia, Darius learned a revolution had broken out in [[Bactria]], a [[satrapy]] which had always been in favour of Darius, and had initially sent an army of soldiers to quell revolts. Following this, revolts broke out in [[Persis]], the homeland of the Persians and Darius and then in Elam and Babylonia, followed by in [[Media (region)|Media]], [[Parthia]], [[Assyria]], and [[Egypt]].{{sfn|Briant|2002|pp=115–116}}

By 522 BCE, there were revolts against Darius in most parts of the [[Achaemenid Empire]] leaving the empire in turmoil. Even though Darius did not seem to have the support of the [[populace]], Darius had a loyal army, led by close confidants and nobles (including the six nobles who had helped him remove Gaumata). With their support, Darius was able to suppress and quell all revolts within a year. In Darius's words, he had killed a total of nine "lying kings" through the quelling of revolutions.{{sfn|Briant|2002|p=116}} Darius left a detailed account of these revolutions in the [[Behistun Inscription]].{{sfn|Briant|2002|p=116}}