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[[File:Medo-Persia - Achaemid Family Tree - inc Otanes & Cyaxares II.PNG|250px|thumb|right|The Achaemid Family Tree showing the merging or the royal houses of the Medes and the Persians to create the Medo-Persian Empire.]] | [[File:Medo-Persia - Achaemid Family Tree - inc Otanes & Cyaxares II.PNG|250px|thumb|right|The Achaemid Family Tree showing the merging or the royal houses of the Medes and the Persians to create the Medo-Persian Empire.]] | ||
| − | '''Xerxes II'' and '''Sogdianus'', sons of [[Artaxerxes I Longimanus|Artaxerxes I]] allegedly consecutively ruled Persia in the year 424-423BC. | + | '''Xerxes II''' (Old Persian:𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠, Greek:Ξέρξης) and '''Sogdianus''', sons of [[Artaxerxes I Longimanus|Artaxerxes I]] allegedly consecutively ruled Persia in the year 424-423BC. |
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| + | We currently have no existing steles or clay tablets with the names of Xerxes (II) or Sogdianus engraved upon them; their existence is solely known to us through the works of [[Ctesias]]. We do have a coin minted in [[Sardis]], possibly under Xerxes II. | ||
Revision as of 02:13, November 14, 2020
Xerxes II (Old Persian:𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠, Greek:Ξέρξης) and Sogdianus, sons of Artaxerxes I allegedly consecutively ruled Persia in the year 424-423BC.
We currently have no existing steles or clay tablets with the names of Xerxes (II) or Sogdianus engraved upon them; their existence is solely known to us through the works of Ctesias. We do have a coin minted in Sardis, possibly under Xerxes II.