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Artaxerxes
 
  Artaxerxes may refer to:

The throne name of several Achaemenid rulers of the 1st Persian Empire:
  • Artaxerxes I, Artaxerxes I Longimanus, r. 465–424 BC, son and successor of Xerxes I
  • Artaxerxes II, Artaxerxes II Memnon, r. 404–358 BC, son and successor of Darius II
  • Artaxerxes III, Artaxerxes III Ochus, r. 358–338 BC, son and successor of Artaxerxes II
  • Arses of Persia
    Arses of Persia

    Artaxerxes IV Arses, King of Persian Empire between 338 BC and 336 BC. He was the youngest son of King Artaxerxes III and Atossa and was not expected to succeed to the throne of Persia....
    , Artaxerxes IV Arses, r. 338–336 BC, son and successor of Artaxerxes III
  • Bessus
    Bessus

    File:The punishment of Bessus by Andre Castaigne .jpgBessus was a Persian Empire nobleman and satrap of Bactria, and later contender king of Persia....
    , Artaxerxes V Bessus, r. 330–329 BC, nobleman who seized the throne from Darius III


Artaxerxes may also refer to:
  • Artaxerxes (opera)
    Artaxerxes (opera)

    Artaxerxes is an English opera in three acts with music by Thomas Arne and a libretto adapted from Metastasio's Artaserse. It is the only known attempt to write an Italianate, Metastasian opera seria in the English language....
    , an opera by Thomas Arne
  • Middle Persian Ardashir, which descends from Old Persian Artaxšaca, and is the name of several Sassanid rulers