Artaxerxes

Artaxerxes

Artaxerxes (Latin; Greek Ἀρταξέρξης) is a corruption of Old Persian "Artaxšacā", "whose reign is through "arta" (truth)" and may refer to:

The throne name of several Achaemenid rulers of the 1st Persian Empire:
* Artaxerxes I Longimanus, "r." 465 BC - 424 BC, son and successor of Xerxes I
* Artaxerxes II Memnon, "r." 404 BC - 358 BC, son and successor of Darius II
* Artaxerxes III Ochus, "r." 358 BC - 338 BC, son and successor of Artaxerxes II
* Artaxerxes IV Arses, "r." 338 BC - 336 BC, son and successor of Artaxerxes III
* Artaxerxes V Bessus, "r." 330 - 329 BC, nobleman who seized the throne from Darius III

Artaxerxes may also refer to:
* Artaxerxes, an opera by Thomas Arne
* Middle Persian Ardashir, which descends from Old Persian "Artaxšacā", and is the name of several Sassanid rulers


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