When assessing Darius as a Persian King there are four main categories that we can assess him in: Administration Construction Military Image Administration Darius's most significant contribution to the Persian Empire was the refinement of administration. While Cyrus created an effective administrative basis as Jennifer Lawless said "Darius perfected it". The system of administration that Darius used was followed by all the Persian Kings until its collapse. The key to Cyrus's empire was that instead …showed first 75 words of 1318 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1318 total…well respected King. M.A. Dandamaev believed Darius was an economically based leader, who was an excellent commander in chief with many different intelligent tactics; he carried on Cyrus' style of expansion and increased the stability of the empire by giving his reign a low risk element rather than the high risk style of Cyrus. From this assessment, we can say Darius was in line with Cyrus as the Best king of the Persian Empire.