| Cyrus the Great (600 BC?-530 BC?) |
| Darius I of Persia (549 BC-486 BC) |
| Mardonius (6th century BC?-479 BC) |
| Xerxes I of Persia (519 BC-465 BC) |
| Darius III of Persia (380 BC-330 BC) |
| Seleucus I Nicator (358 BC-281 BC) |
| Orodes II of Parthia (1st century BC-38 BC?) |
| Surena (84 BC-52 BC) |
| King Shapur I (215-272) |