Artaxerxes III

Artaxerxes III

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. Soon after becoming king, Artaxerxes murdered all of the royal family to secure his place as king. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Artaxerxes III is the 1,718th most popular politician (down from 1,185th in 2019). (down from 92nd in 2019)

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