Xerxes I
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Xerxes II
PersonXerxes II was a Persian king who was very briefly a ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, as the son and successor of Artaxerxes I.

Xerxes I
PersonXerxes I was a Persian ruler who reigned as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC. He was the son of Darius the Great and Atossa.

Artabanus of Persia
PersonArtabanus of Persia was a Persian political figure during the Achaemenid dynasty who was reportedly the power behind the throne for a few months around 465 BC. Ancient writers sometimes included him as the sixth Persian ruler, but this…

Artemisia I of Caria
Person…and Greek Cretan by her mother. She fought as an ally of Xerxes I, King of Persia against the independent Greek city states during the second Persian invasion of Greece. She personally commanded ships at the naval battle of Artemisium…

Artaxerxes I
Person…August 465 to December 424 BC. He was the third son of Xerxes I. In Greek sources he is also surnamed "Long-handed", allegedly because his right hand was longer than his left. Josephus and several ancient traditions identify him as…

Pausanias the Regent
Person…Greece, Pausanias subsequently fell under suspicion of conspiring with the Persian king Xerxes I. After an interval of repeated arrests and debates about his guilt, he was starved to death by his fellow Spartans. What is known of his…

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