Bessus
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Bessus or Bessos, also known by his throne name Artaxerxes V, was a Persian satrap of the eastern Achaemenid satrapy of Bactria, as well as the self-proclaimed King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire f
"Alexander executes Janushyar and Mahiyar, the slayers of Darius." Folio from a manuscript of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), created in Shiraz, dated 1482.
List of supplies for Bessus, November–December 330 BC, from a collection of Achaemenid administrative documents
The Punishment of Bessus (André Castaigne, 1899)
Darius In Parse
Aria (region)
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Aria was an Achaemenid region centered on the city of Herat in present-day western Afghanistan. In classical sources, Aria has been several times confused with the greater region of ancient Ariana, of
Eastern Satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire
Artaxerxes III Arian soldier