Search results
4 days ago · The three regions remained represented among Achaemenid Provinces on all the tombs of the Achaemenid rulers after Darius, except for the last ruler Darius III who was vanquished by Alexander at Gaugamela, suggesting that the Indians were under Achaemenid dominion at least until 338 BCE, date of the end of the reign of Artaxerxes III, before the ...
- c. 535/518 BCE-323 BCE [1]
- Persian victory
- Indus Valley
1 day ago · Tomb of Artaxerxes III, Persepolis. It is commonly accepted that Cyrus the Great was buried in the Tomb of Cyrus in Pasargadae, which is mentioned by Ctesias as his own city. If it is true that the body of Cambyses II was brought home "to the Persians," his burying place must be somewhere beside that of his father. Ctesias assumes that it was ...
Jun 17, 2024 · In 359 two new strong rulers came to the throne, Artaxerxes III of Persia and Philip II of Macedon. The last decade of the long reign of Artaxerxes II had been blighted by revolts in the western half of his empire—at first sporadic, then concerted. Already in the late 370s Datames, the governor of Cappadocia, had established his independence.
- Simon Hornblower
3 days ago · In 343 Artaxerxes III (Ochus) is said to have devastated parts of Palestine in connection with his reconquest of Egypt. Eleven years later the country passed into Macedonian hands after Alexander the Great ’s conquest of Phoenicia.
Jul 2, 2024 · Artaxerxes III (358-338 BCE) repressed the revolutions in Sidon, the most powerful Phoenician maritime city in the Persian period. From the beginning of the fourth century BCE, the iconography of Sidon's coinage showed its redoubtable towering rampart and its navy.
Jun 17, 2024 · The conquest of Asia (in the sense of the Persian empire) was more feasible than it had been in 346: Artaxerxes III had died in 338–337, and the king now reigning was the much weaker Darius III (he succeeded in 336, after the brief reign of Arses, whom the trilingual inscription found at Xanthus in 1973 shows to have borne the title Artaxerxes IV).
People also ask
Did Artaxerxes III conquer Asia?
When did Artaxerxes III and Philip II come to the throne?
Where is Artaxerxes III buried?
Why did Artaxerxes III order satraps to dismiss mercenary armies?
Jun 17, 2024 · Above these majestic tombs, intricate bas-reliefs echo the grandeur of Persepolis, portraying kings seated on thrones, upheld by figures symbolizing the diverse nations under their rule. Additionally, two similar graves, likely belonging to Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III, lie within the vicinity of Persepolis.
