Artaxerxes IV Arses

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Artaxerxes IV Arses was a short-reigning Achaemenid king of Persia in the 4th century BCE, known for being overthrown and killed in the court intrigues that brought Darius III to the throne shortly before Alexander the Great’s conquest.

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid king ⓘ
King of Persia ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
centuryOfReign 4th century BCE ⓘ
chronologicalPredecessor Artaxerxes III Ochus ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes III
chronologicalSuccessor Darius III Codomannus ⓘ
linked to: Darius III
continentOfDeath Asia ⓘ
countryRuled Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
courtOfficialInvolvedInDownfall Bagoas ⓘ
deathCause assassination ⓘ
dynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
era Classical antiquity ⓘ
father Artaxerxes III ⓘ
givenName Arses ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Achaemenid period ⓘ
house Achaemenid ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid dynasty
killedBy Bagoas ⓘ
languageOfName Old Persian ⓘ
mannerOfDeath murdered ⓘ
mother Atossa ⓘ
notableAssociate Bagoas ⓘ
notableEventDuringLifetime Macedonian expansion under Philip II ⓘ
notableFor being last Achaemenid king before Darius III ⓘ
being overthrown in court intrigues ⓘ
short reign ⓘ
occupation king ⓘ
placeOfDeath Persepolis ⓘ
positionHeld King of Kings ⓘ
predecessor Artaxerxes III ⓘ
realm Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
regnalName Artaxerxes IV ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes IV Arses
reignEnd 336 BCE ⓘ
reignStart 338 BCE ⓘ
relativeChronology reigned shortly before Alexander the Great’s conquest of Persia ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
royalTitle Shahanshah ⓘ
succeededByEvent rise of Darius III ⓘ
successor Darius III ⓘ
successorState Macedonian Empire under Alexander the Great ⓘ
titleAfterCoronation Artaxerxes IV ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes IV Arses

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Darius III → predecessor → Artaxerxes IV Arses ⓘ
Artaxerxes III → successor → Artaxerxes IV Arses ⓘ
Artaxerxes III → child → Artaxerxes IV Arses ⓘ
Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt → hasMonarch → Artaxerxes IV Arses ⓘ
Darius III → predecessor → Artaxerxes IV Arses ⓘ
subject linked to: Darius Codomannus
Darius III → relative → Artaxerxes IV Arses ⓘ
subject linked to: Darius Codomannus
Artashata → predecessor → Artaxerxes IV Arses ⓘ
Artaxerxes IV Arses → regnalName → Artaxerxes IV ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes IV Arses
Artaxerxes IV Arses → titleAfterCoronation → Artaxerxes IV ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes IV Arses
Artaxerxes III → successor → Artaxerxes IV Arses ⓘ
subject linked to: Artaxerxes
Ochus → successor → Artaxerxes IV ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes IV Arses
Ochus → child → Artaxerxes IV ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes IV Arses
Ochus → succeededByOnThroneOf → Artaxerxes IV ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes IV Arses
Bagoas the eunuch → servedUnder → Artaxerxes IV Arses of Persia ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes IV Arses
Bagoas the eunuch → orchestratedAssassinationOf → Artaxerxes IV Arses of Persia ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes IV Arses
Bagoas the eunuch → involvedInAccessionOf → Artaxerxes IV Arses of Persia ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes IV Arses
Second Egyptian Satrapy → hasSovereign → Artaxerxes IV Arses ⓘ
Second Persian Period of Egypt → underRuleOf → Artaxerxes IV Arses ⓘ
Second Persian Period of Egypt → hasRuler → Artaxerxes IV Arses ⓘ