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Artaxerxes III

425 BC - 338 BC

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Ochus (Ancient Greek: Ὦχος Ochos), known by his dynastic name Artaxerxes III (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 Artaxšaçāʰ; Ancient Greek: Ἀρταξέρξης), 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 a satrap and commander of his father's army. Artaxerxes came to power after one of his brothers was executed, another committed suicide, the last murdered and his father, Artaxerxes II died. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Artaxerxes III has received more than 712,490 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Artaxerxes III is the 1,185th most popular politician (down from 1,133rd in 2019).

Artaxerxes III is most famous for being the king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Artaxerxes III ranks 1,185 out of 19,576. Before him are Fuxi, Chun Doo-hwan, Michel Aoun, Jiaqing Emperor, Ladislaus I of Hungary, and Theodor Heuss. After him are Mahmud of Ghazni, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Emomali Rahmon, Julius Streicher, Kwame Nkrumah, and Astyages.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 425 BC, Artaxerxes III ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 338 BC, Artaxerxes III ranks 3. Before him are Isocrates, and Shang Yang. After him are Duke Xiao of Qin, and Archidamus III.

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