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Gaumata fue, según la inscripción de Behistún (erigida por Darío I ), un mago medo que hacia 522 a. C. se sublevó en Media contra el soberano persa Cambises II, cuando este se encontraba en Egipto, fingiendo ser Esmerdis, su hermano menor.
- 522 a. C., Pasargada (Irán)
- Zoroastrismo
15 de dic. de 2000 · When Cambyses embarked on his Egyptian expedition (525 B.C.E.), the rebellion ( drauga-, lit: the lie) grew “in Persia, Media, and other countries”; it was in these circumstances that a man ( martiya- ), referred to in the inscriptions as a Magian ( magu-) by the name of Gaumāta plotted a coup d’état in Persia and claimed to be Bardiya ...
Bardiya either ruled the Achaemenid Empire for a few months in 522 BCE, or was impersonated by a magus called Gaumata (Old Persian: 𐎥𐎢𐎶𐎠𐎫 Gaumāta), whose name is given by Ctesias as Sphendadates (Old Persian: *Spantadātah; Ancient Greek: Σφενδαδάτης Sphendadátēs), until he was toppled by Darius the Great.
- 522 BC
- Cassandane
Una vez al corriente de estos hechos, Cambises emprendió la marcha desde Egipto contra el usurpador, pero al comprobar que no quedaban esperanzas para su causa, acabó suicidándose en la primavera de 523 a. C. Según Darío, el verdadero nombre del usurpador era Gaumata, un sacerdote mago de Media.
Gaumata (523-522 a.C.). ( Gu-ma-a-tu o Kam-ma-ad-da o Gau-ma-ta o Gometes ) Mago persa que, apoyándose en la clase sacerdotal, se sublevó contra Cambises II mientras éste se hallaba en Egipto. Deseoso de apoderarse del trono, Gaumata pudo mantenerlo durante siete meses.
Zoroastrianism. In Zoroastrianism: The reformation of Zarathushtra. …had to fight a usurper, Gaumata the Magian, who pretended to be Bardiya, the son of Cyrus the Great and brother of the king Cambyses. This Magian had destroyed cultic shrines, āyadana s, which Darius restored.
Gaumata / Smerdis. Smerdis (Old Persian Bardiya): Persian prince, son of king Cyrus. Gaumata being trampled upon by Darius. According to several ancient sources, Smerdis was the only one who was strong enough to draw a bow sent to the Persian court by an enemy; the Greek researcher Herodotus says that this enemy was the Kushite king (from Sudan
