Achaemenid kings and rulers

Achaemenid kings and rulers

[edit] Unattested

• Achaemenes of Persia

The epigraphic evidence for these rulers cannot be confirmed and are often considered to have been invented by Darius I

• Ariaramnes of Persia, son of Teispes and co-ruler with Cyrus I
• Arsames of Persia, son of Ariaramnes and co-ruler with Cambyses I

[edit] Attested

• Teispes of Anshan, son of Achaemenes
• Cyrus I of Anshan, son of Teispes
• Cambyses I of Anshan, son of Cyrus I
• Cyrus II the Great, son of Cambyses I, ruled from c.550-530 BCE E(ruler of Anshan c. 559 BCE – conquered Media 550 BCE)
• Cambyses II, son of Cyrus the Great, ruled 529-522 BCE
• Smerdis (Bardiya), alleged son of Cyrus the Great, ruled 522 BCE (Possibly an usurper)
• Darius I the Great, brother-in-law of Smerdis and grandson of Arsames, ruled 521-486 BCE
• Xerxes I the Great, son of Darius I, ruled 485-465 BCE
• Artaxerxes I Longimanus, son of Xerxes I, ruled 465-424 BCE
• Xerxes II, son of Artaxerxes I, ruled 424 BCE
• Sogdianus, half-brother and rival of Xerxes II, ruled 424-423 BCE
• Darius II Nothus, half-brother and rival of Xerxes II, ruled 423-405 BCE
• Artaxerxes II Mnemon, son of Darius II, ruled 404-359 BCE (see also Xenophon)
• Artaxerxes III Ochus, son of Artaxerxes II, ruled 358-338 BCE
• Artaxerxes IV Arses, son of Artaxerxes III, ruled 338-336 BCE