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Ahasuerus is also given as the name of a King of Persia in the Book of Ezra. [20] Modern commentators associate him with Xerxes I who reigned from 486 to 465 BC. Other identifications have been made for Cambyses II [ 21 ] [ failed verification ] or with Bardiya (Greek Smerdis ) who reigned (perhaps as an imposter) for seven months between ...
Xerxes I (/ ˈ z ɜː r k ˌ s iː z / ZURK-seez [2] [a] c. 518 – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, [4] was a Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC.
The King Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther ... Ancient Persia is generally agreed to have ended with the ... under the name of Ardashir I: Sub-king of the ...
Construction of Xerxes Bridge of boats by Phoenician sailors Hellespont. Xerxes' pontoon bridges were constructed in 480 BC during the second Persian invasion of Greece (part of the Greco-Persian Wars) upon the order of Xerxes I of Persia for the purpose of Xerxes' army to traverse the Hellespont (the present-day Dardanelles) from Asia into Thrace, then also controlled by Persia (in the ...
Susa was a frequent place of refuge for Parthian and later, the Persian Sassanid kings, as the Romans sacked Ctesiphon five different times between 116 and 297 AD. Susa was briefly captured in 116 AD by the Roman emperor Trajan during the course of his Parthian campaign . [ 86 ]
King of Persia in addition to Pharaoh of Egypt: 530–522 BC Gaumata: King of Persia, allegedly an impostor named Gaumata. 522 BC Darius I: King of Persia in addition to Pharaoh of Egypt. Cousin of Cambyses II and Bardiya. 522–486 BC Xerxes I: King of Persia in addition to Pharaoh of Egypt: 486–465 BC Artaxerxes I: King of Persia in ...
Of these, the Pasargadae are the most noble and include the family of Achaemenids, the Kings of Persia, who are descendants of Perseus. [5] Darius the Great, in an effort to establish his legitimacy, later traced his genealogy to Achaemenes, Persian "Haxāmaniš ". [6]
The palace complex was constructed by the Achaemenid king Darius I in Susa, his favorite capital. Construction works continued under Darius I's son, Xerxes, and to a lesser extent, Artaxerxes I (465–424 BC) and Darius II (423–404 BC).