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Person

Xerxes II

short-lived son and successor of Artaxerxes I

The legitimate son of Artaxerxes I and Damaspia whom Ctesias says was murdered after about forty-five days. Surviving Babylonian dating formulae do not recognise his reign.

Date
r. for about forty-five days in 424/423 BCE
Other names
Xerxes · Xšayāršā
Groups
Achaemenid kings Achaemenid royal family
Record status
Probable

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Connections

Child of
Artaxerxes I Achaemenid king, r. 465–424/423 BCE probable P. Briant 2002
Sibling of
Darius II Achaemenid king, r. 424–405/4 BCE probable Amélie Kuhrt 2007; Sogdianus short-lived claimant after Artaxerxes I probable P. Briant 2002
Succeeded
Artaxerxes I Achaemenid king, r. 465–424/423 BCE probable P. Briant 2002
Succeeded by
Sogdianus short-lived claimant after Artaxerxes I probable P. Briant 2002

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