Arses of Persia
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|Name=Artaxerxes IV
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|Reign=338–336 BC
|Predecessor=[[Artaxerxes III of Persia|Artaxerxes III]]
|Successor=[[Darius III of Persia|Darius III]]
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|Mother=Atossa
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'''Artaxerxes (Artaxšacā) IV Arses''', King of [[Persian Empire|Persia]] between [[338 BC]] and [[336 BC]]. He was the youngest son of King [[Artaxerxes III]] and Atossa and was not expected to succeed to the throne of Persia. His unexpected rise to the throne came in [[338 BC]] as a result of the murder of his father and most of his family by [[Bagoas]], the powerful Vizier of Persia who had recently fallen in Artaxerxes' disfavor. Bagoas sought to remain in office by replacing Artaxerxes with his son Arses (Artaxerxes IV), whom he thought easier to control. Arses remained little more than a puppet-king during the two years of his reign while Bagoas acted as the power behind the throne. Eventually, disgruntled by this state of affairs and possibly influenced by the nobles of the Royal Court, who generally held Bagoas in contempt, Arses started planning Bagoas' murder. The Vizier again acted first in order to protect himself and managed to poison Arses. Bagoas then raised a cousin of Arses to the throne as King [[Darius III of Persia]]. A major concern for Persia during this King's short reign were hostilities on the western borders with [[Macedon|Macedonia]] under Kings [[Philip II of Macedon]] and [[Alexander the Great]]. This would lead to war between the two states during the reign of Arses' successor.
He is known as Arses in Greek sources and that seems to be his real name but the Xanthus trilingue and potsherds from [[Samaria]] report that he had taken the royal name of Artaxerxes IV, following his father and grandfather.
==Etymology==
'''Arses''' is a [[Greek language|Greek]] rendering of an old Persian name .The Iranian form is attested in [[Avestan language|Avestan]] '''''Aršan'''''- (etymologically related to Greek ''arsēn'' "male, manly" ) and in [[old Persian]] it is preserved in '''''Aršaka''''' and '''''Aršāma''''' <ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last= Lecoq |first=P. | title=Arses| encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Iranica | accessdate=2008-03-10|page 548}}</ref>.
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{{s-hou|[[Achaemenid dynasty]]||??||336 BC}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[List of kings of Persia|Great King (Shah) of Persia]]|years=338 BC – 336 BC}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Pharaoh|Pharaoh of Egypt]]|years=338 BC – 336 BC|dynasty=XXXI Dynasty}}
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==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.american-pictures.com/genealogy/persons/per04959.htm#0 A genealogy of Arses as Artaxerxes IV]
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9009644/Arses Britannica Article on Arses of Persia]
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