Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Artaxerxes II
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Quizzes
Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.
Kings and Emperors (Part III) Quiz
Read Next
King Charles III and Queen Camilla (Camilla, Queen Consort) wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Coronation of King Charles in London, England on May 6, 2023
British Royal Line of Succession
King George V of Britain, c. 1910, shortly after his accession to the throne
How Did King George V Really Die?
Discover
New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.
Where Is “Old Zealand”?
illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).
What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?

Artaxerxes II: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Artaxerxes-II
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Artakhshathra II • Artaxerxes II Mnemon • Arsaces
Flourished c.450 BCE - c.351 BCE
House / Dynasty Achaemenian dynasty
Notable Family Members son Artaxerxes III • brother Cyrus the Younger
Role In Battle of Cunaxa
Cyrus The Younger
Persian prince
Tissaphernes
Persian satrap
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Seleucid king
Li Keyong
Turkish-Chinese general
Cyrus II
Cyrus the Great
king of Persia
Darius I
Darius I
king of Persia
Xerxes I
Xerxes I
king of Persia
Shāpūr II, gold coin, 4th century; in the British Museum, London.
Shāpūr II
king of Persia
Cambyses II
king of Persia
Darius III
king of Persia
Megabyzus
Achaemenian general
Mardonius
Persian general
Bahrām VI Chūbīn, coin, 6th century; in the British Museum
Bahrām VI Chūbīn
king of Iran
Agesilaus II; Pharnabazus
Pharnabazus
Persian statesman
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
English statesman
Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.
Xenophon
Greek historian
William III
William III
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
An Lushan
Chinese general
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
Stenka Razin, detail of an engraving from “A Relation Concerning the Particulars of the Rebellion Lately Raised in Muscovy by Stenka Razin” (London, 1672)
Stenka Razin
Cossack leader

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz
Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.
Kings and Emperors (Part III) Quiz