From 359/58 until 338 BC, Ochus, also known by his dynastic name Artaxerxes III, ruled as King of the Achaemenid Empire. His mother was Stateira, and he was the son and heir of Artaxerxes II. Artaxerxes commanded the army of his father as a satrap prior to taking the throne. Following the execution of one of his brothers, the suicide of another, the murder of the remaining, and the death of his father, Artaxerxes II, Artaxerxes came to power. Artaxerxes eliminated every member of the royal famil ... (Read More)