Artaxerxes I of Persia

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5th-century BCE ruler Achaemenid king King of Kings Persian monarch

Artaxerxes I of Persia was a 5th-century BCE Achaemenid king best known for ruling a vast Persian Empire and appearing in biblical history as the monarch who interacted with Jewish leaders during the restoration of Jerusalem.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Artaxerxes I	4
Artaxerxes	1
Artaxerxes Long-handed	1
Artaxerxes Longimanus	1
Life of Artaxerxes	1
court of Artaxerxes I	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	5th-century BCE ruler ⓘ Achaemenid king ⓘ King of Kings ⓘ Persian monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ surface form: Artaxerxes Long-handed Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ surface form: Artaxerxes Longimanus
birthDate	circa 5th century BCE ⓘ
burialPlace	Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions ⓘ surface form: Naqsh-e Rostam
capital	Persepolis ⓘ Susa ⓘ
child	Xerxes II of Persia ⓘ
coinage	Daric ⓘ
conflictWith	Athens ⓘ Egyptian rebels ⓘ
country	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
deathDate	circa 424 BCE ⓘ
dynasty	Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
era	Classical antiquity ⓘ
father	Xerxes I ⓘ surface form: Xerxes I of Persia
givenName	Artaxerxes I of Persia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Artaxerxes
house	Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ surface form: House of Achaemenes
interactedWith	Ezra ⓘ Nehemiah ⓘ
issuedDecree	Authorization for Ezra to lead return and reforms in Judah ⓘ Permission for Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls ⓘ
knownFor	Interactions with Jewish leaders during restoration of Jerusalem ⓘ Ruling a vast Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
languageUsed	Imperial Aramaic ⓘ Old Persian ⓘ
mentionedIn	Megillat Esther ⓘ surface form: Book of Esther (traditional identification by some scholars) Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of Ezra Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of Nehemiah
mother	Amestris ⓘ
notableEvent	Assassination of Xerxes I and succession crisis ⓘ Athenian intervention in Egypt ⓘ Peace of Callias (traditional attribution) ⓘ Revolt of Inaros in Egypt ⓘ
policy	Support for local temple cults within the empire ⓘ Use of Aramaic as an administrative language ⓘ
predecessor	Xerxes I ⓘ surface form: Xerxes I of Persia
realm	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire
regionRuled	Anatolia ⓘ Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Egypt Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mesopotamia ⓘ Persia ⓘ
regnalName	Artaxerxes I of Persia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Artaxerxes I
reignEnd	424 BCE ⓘ
reignStart	465 BCE ⓘ
religion	Zoroastrianism ⓘ
source	Ctesias of Cnidus ⓘ Herodotus ⓘ
spouse	Damaspia ⓘ
successor	Darius II of Persia ⓘ Sogdianus ⓘ Xerxes II of Persia ⓘ
title	Great King ⓘ King of Countries ⓘ King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Artaxerxes I of Persia → alsoKnownAs → Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Artaxerxes Longimanus

Artaxerxes I of Persia → alsoKnownAs → Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Artaxerxes Long-handed

Old Persian → associatedRuler → Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Artaxerxes I

Late Period of Egypt → foreignRuler → Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Artaxerxes I

Artaxerxes I of Persia → givenName → Artaxerxes I of Persia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Artaxerxes

Plutarch’s Parallel Lives → hasPart → Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Life of Artaxerxes

Ezra–Nehemiah → mainCharacter → Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ

King Ahasuerus → possibleIdentification → Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ

Artaxerxes I of Persia → regnalName → Artaxerxes I of Persia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Artaxerxes I

Achaemenid Empire → ruler → Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Artaxerxes I

Themistocles → served → Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ

Nehemiah → servedUnder → Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ

Themistocles → tookRefugeIn → Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ

this entity surface form: court of Artaxerxes I