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Artaxerxes I

Type Figure Region Persia Time c. -478–-424 Also known as Artaxerxes I Longimanus

Artaxerxes I (c. 478–424 BCE) was the fifth Achaemenid Persian monarch, son of Xerxes I, who reigned over forty years from 465 BCE, navigating comple…

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  1. -465Susa · KhuzestanAfter the assassination of Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I succeeded as the fifth Achaemenid monarch, beginning a reign of over forty years.
  2. c. -450–-430western coast of Anatolia · IoniaAfter the Greco-Persian Wars, Artaxerxes I exploited divisions among the Greek city-states, dealing in turn with Athens and Sparta, and during the Peloponnesian War used gold to influence Greek politics, maintaining Persian power along the western coast of Asia Minor.
  3. c. -425–-424Susa · KhuzestanIn his later years Artaxerxes I faced frontier unrest including the Egyptian revolt; he died in 424 BCE, and the empire entered a period of succession struggles and gradual decline.

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