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c. 550 BCE - 330 BCEThe Corps of the Ten Thousand Immortals is formed during the reign of Cyrus the Great of Persia.
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522 BCE - 486 BCEThe Immortals serve under the reign of Darius I The Great of Persia.
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486 BCE - 465 BCEThe Immortals serve under the reign of Xerxes I of Persia; notably in his 480 BCE invasion of Greece.
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336 BCE - 330 BCEThe Immortals continue to serve under the reign of Darius III of Persia.
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330 BCE - 323 BCEAlexander the Great continues the tradition of the 10,000 Immortals.
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224 CE - 240 CEThe corps of Immortals are revived as a cavalry unit during the reign of Ardashir I after he founds the Sassanian Empire.
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224 CE - 651 CEThe Immortals serve as heavy cavalry of the Sassanian Empire.
