Artaxerxes may refer to: The throne name of several

Achaemenid The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (; , , ), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the large ...

rulers of the 1st Persian Empire: *

Artaxerxes I of Persia Artaxerxes I (, ; ) was the fifth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, from 465 to December 424 BC. He was the third son of Xerxes I. In Greek sources he is also surnamed "Long-handed" ( ''Makrókheir''; ), allegedly because his ri ...

(died 425 BC), Artaxerxes I Longimanus, ''r.'' 466–425 BC, son and successor of Xerxes I *

Artaxerxes II of Persia Arses (; 445 – 359/8 BC), known by his regnal name Artaxerxes II ( ; ), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 405/4 BC to 358 BC. He was the son and successor of Darius II () and his mother was Parysatis. Soon after his accession, ...

(436 BC–358 BC), Artaxerxes II Mnemon, ''r.'' 404–358 BC, son and successor of Darius II *

Artaxerxes III of Persia Ochus ( ), known by his dynastic name Artaxerxes III ( ; ), was King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 359/58 to 338 BC. He was the son and successor of Artaxerxes II and his mother was Stateira. Before ascending the throne Artaxerxes was ...

(425 BC–338 BC), Artaxerxes III Ochus, ''r.'' 358–338 BC, son and successor of Artaxerxes II *

Artaxerxes IV Arses (; ), also known by his regnal name Artaxerxes IV (; ; ), was the twelfth Achaemenid King of Kings from 338 to 336 BC. Arses ascended the throne, after his father Artaxerxes III—who had caused a resurgence of the Persian Empire—was p ...

of Persia (died 336 BC), Artaxerxes IV Arses, ''r.'' 338–336 BC, son and successor of Artaxerxes III *

Artaxerxes V Bessus or Bessos (; ), also known by his throne name Artaxerxes V ( ; ; died summer 329 BC), was a Persian satrap of the eastern Achaemenid satrapy of Bactria, as well as the self-proclaimed King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 330 to 329 ...

of Persia (died 329 BC), Artaxerxes V Bessus, ''r.'' 330–329 BC, nobleman who seized the throne from Darius III Artaxerxes may also refer to: *

Ardeshir (disambiguation) Ardeshir, Ardashir or Ardasher may refer to: Throne name of several rulers * Artaxerxes (disambiguation), the Hellenized form of Ardeshir * Ardashir Orontid, ''r.'' 5th century BC, Armenian king from the Orontid dynasty * Ardashir I, ''r.'' 224� ...

, the Middle and Modern Persian name descended from Old Persian equivalent of Artaxerxes, ''Artaxšacā'' * ''Artaxerxes'' (opera), a 1762 opera by Thomas Arne *

7212 Artaxerxes 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube (algebra), cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has symbolic associations in religion, myt ...

, a main-belt asteroid * The wizard Artaxerxes, a character in J.R.R. Tolkien's novella "

Roverandom ''Roverandom'' is a novella by J. R. R. Tolkien, originally told in 1925, about the adventures of a young dog, Rover. In the story, an irritable wizard turns Rover into a toy, and Rover goes to the Moon and under the sea in order to find the w ...

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