Xerxes II of Persia
Brief ruler of the Achaemenid Empire (died 424 BC) · Historical Figures · Lived 500 BC to 423 BC · aged 77
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Something wrong?A Persian king whose entire reign lasted forty-five days before his half-brother killed him - the shortest flicker of power in the Achaemenid line, known mostly because Ctesias bothered to write it down.
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Xerxes II was the only legitimate son of Artaxerxes I and Damaspia, and served as crown prince before inheriting the throne in 424 BC. His rule never extended beyond the Persian heartlands. Forty-five days in, his half-brother Sogdianus assassinated him. Sogdianus held power for six months before Darius II murdered him in turn. The figure survives as little more than a name in the writings of Ctesias.
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