Artaxerxes I Xerxes I

• General Notes
  • (??r????tz??rk??sz) (KEY) , d. 425 B.C., king of ancient Persia      (464-42 5 B.C.),of the dynasty of the Achaemenis. Artaxerxes is the    Greek form o f ?א¹Ardashirthe Persian.?א He succeeded his father,   Xerxes I, in whose  assassination he had no part. The l  (??rtez??rk??sez), d. 425 BC, king of ancient Persia (464-425 BC), of  t he dynasty of the Achaemenis. Artaxerxes is the Greek form of      Ardashir t he Persian.He succeeded his father, Xerxes I , in whose     assassination he had no part. The later weakness of tht