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Artaxerxes I o Persie

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Artaxerxes I
Keeng o Keengs o Persie
Artaxerxes I.
Ring465 tae 424 BC
PredecessorXerxes I
SuccessorXerxes II
Born??
Dee'd424 BC
BuirialNaqsh-e Rustam, Persie
HooseAchaemenid
FaitherXerxes I
MitherAmestris

Artaxerxes I /ˌɑːrtəˈzɜːrksz/ (Persie: اردشیر یکم‎; Auld Persie: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 Artaxšaça,[1] "whose rule (xšaça < *xšaϑram) is through arta (truth)";[2] Greek: Ἀρταξέρξης[3]) wis the fift Keeng o Keengs o Persie frae 465 BC tae 424 BC. He wis the son o Xerxes I o Persie an Amestris, dauchter o Otanes.

He mey hae been the "Artasyrus" mentioned bi Herodotus as bein a Satrap o the ryal satrapy o Bactrie.

In Greek soorces he is an aa surnamed μακρόχειρ Macrocheir (Laitin: Longimanus), allegedly acause his richt haund wis langer nor his left.[4]

References

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  1. Ghias Abadi, R. M. (2004). Achaemenid Inscriptions (کتیبه‌های هخامنشی)‎ (in Persian) (2nd ed.). Tehran: Shiraz Navid Publications. p. 129. ISBN 964-358-015-6.
  2. R. Schmitt. of Iran "ARTAXERXES". Encyclopædia Iranica. 15 December 1986. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. The Greek furm o the name is influenced bi Xerxes (Encyclopedia Iranica).
  4. Plutarch, Artaxerxes, l. 1. c. 1. 11:129 - cited by Ussher, Annals, para. 1179