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Artaxerxes IV

r. 338–336 BCE · 4th century BCE · Also known as Arses

Artaxerxes IV, known before his accession as Arses, was king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire from 338 to 336 BCE. The youngest son of Artaxerxes III, he was placed on the throne by the eunuch Bagoas after his father's murder, and was himself poisoned by Bagoas when he tried to act independently. Bagoas then raised Darius III to the throne.

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