id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8666 Xerxes II - Wikipedia .html text/html 1110 245 67 Son of Artaxerxes I, brief ruler of the Achaemenid Empire 424 BC), was a Persian king who was very briefly a ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, as the son and successor of Artaxerxes I. After a reign of forty-five days—where he only had control over the Persian heartlands—he was assassinated in 424 BC by his half-brother Sogdianus, who in turn was murdered by Darius II six months later. The first was Sogdianus, Artaxerxes I's son by his concubine Alogyne of Babylon. Xerxes II was apparently only recognized as king in Persia and Sogdianus in Elam. Darius II became the sole ruler of the Persian Empire and reigned until 404 BC.[1] Great King (Shah) of Persia Median and Achaemenid kings Artaxerxes III Ochus Artaxerxes III Ochus Categories: 5th-century BC Kings of the Achaemenid Empire Kings of the Achaemenid Empire Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8666.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8666.txt