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Achaemenid kings

Fourth-century relief from Egypt, showing an Achaemenid king, probably identical to Artaxerxes III Ochus. Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam (Holland). Photo Jona Lendering.

Fourth-century relief from Egypt, showing an Achaemenid king,probably identical to ArtaxerxesIII (Allard Piersonmuseum, Amsterdam)

Achaemenids (Hakhâmanišiya): royal dynasty of ancient Persia, which ruled the Near East from the mid-sixth century until the conquests by Alexander the Great.

Cyrus	559 - November 530

Cambyses II	before 31 August 530 - after 18 April 522

Smerdis	11 March 522 - 29 September 522

Darius I the Great	29 September 522 - after 17 November 486

Xerxes I	before 1 December 486 - between 4 and 8 August 465

Artaxerxes I Makrocheir	between 4 and 8 August 465 - after 24 December 424

Xerxes II	early 423

Sogdianus	early 423

Darius II Nothus	before 10 January 423 - April 404

Artaxerxes II Mnemon	3 April 404 - after January 358

Artaxerxes III Ochus	before 11 March 358 - after 26 August 338

Artaxerxes IV Arses	before 25 September 338 - Summer 336

Darius III Codomannus	Summer 336 - July 330

Artaxerxes V Bessus	July 330 - Summer 329

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