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• 7 days ago. megami-hime. What do we know about how Artaxerxes II was remembered by ancient Iranians? So reading through Iranian history, I do see a pattern emerging. After Artaxerxes II's very long rule, both the kings that followed him were also named Artaxerxes. The Arsacids claimed descent from him.
May 13, 2024 · Ctesias attended to King Artaxerxes II of the Achaemenid Empire during the Battle of Cunaxa in 401 BC, treating Artaxerxes’ wound amidst the conflict against Cyrus the Younger.
2 days ago · Xerxes II, who reigned for a very short time, could scarcely have obtained so splendid a monument, and still less could the usurper Sogdianus. The two completed graves behind the compound at Persepolis would then belong to Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III.
May 26, 2024 · A century and a half later, Artaxerxes III, who reconquered Egypt after a period of native rule, was said to have slaughtered the Apis bull and served it at a banquet (Plutarch, Life of Alexander, 69.1-2). Such actions, whether historically accurate or not, fueled Egyptian resentment and made the Persians deeply unpopular.
May 22, 2024 · Many scholars now believe that the biblical account is not chronological and that Ezra arrived in the seventh year of Artaxerxes II (397 bce ), after Nehemiah had passed from the scene.
May 25, 2024 · The two completed graves behind Persepolis probably belong to Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III. The unfinished one might be that of Arses, who reigned at the longest two years, but is more likely that of Darius III, last of the Achaemenian line, who was overthrown by Alexander the Great.
4 days ago · Susa was one of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East. In historic literature, Susa appears in the very earliest Sumerian records: for example, it is described as one of the places obedient to Inanna, patron deity of Uruk, in Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta .
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