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Artaxerxes
Artaxerxes
was the name of several rulers of the
Achaemenid dynasty
of
Persia
:
Artaxerxes I
Artaxerxes II
Artaxerxes III
Arses of Persia
is believed to have taken the royal title of "Artaxerxes IV".
Bessus
, the Persian nobleman who murdered
Darius III of Persia
, renamed himself Artaxerxes when he claimed the throne.
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