Artaxerxes ii biography channel

King of the Achaemenid Empire from /4 to /8 BC

Arses (Ancient Greek: Ἄρσης; c.

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– /8 BC), known by his regnal name Artaxerxes II (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂Artaxšaçāʰ; Ancient Greek: Ἀρταξέρξης), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from /4 BC to BC. He was the son and successor of Darius II (r.&#;&#;–&#;/4 BC) and his mother was Parysatis.

Soon after his accession, Artaxerxes II faced opposition from his younger brother Cyrus the Younger, who assembled an army composed of troops from his Lydian and Ionian satrapies as well as Greek mercenaries in his bid for the throne.

The forces of the brothers clashed at Cunaxa in BC, which resulted in the defeat and death of Cyrus. Following this, Artaxerxes II had to contend with several other revolts; a revolt by Evagoras I (r.&#;–&#;BC) in Cyprus between – BC, by the Phoenicians in c.&#; BC, and most importantly, the revolts by the western satraps (known as the Great Satraps' Revolt) in the s and s BC, led by