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เบสซุส
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Bessus or Bessos (; ), also known by his throne name Artaxerxes V ( ; ; died summer 329 BC), was a Persian satrap of the eastern Achaemenid satrapy of Bactria, as well as the self-proclaimed King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 330 to 329 BC.
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Vinony's link graph records 184 inbound references to เบสซุส, and connects out to Ancient Greek, Macedonia and satrap.
It is catalogued under topics including 329 BC deaths, 4th-century BC executions and 4th-century BC Iranian people.
Vinony links it to 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Artaxerxes V Bessus 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠
- Royalty.image
- Alexander Executes Janusiyar and Mahiyar, the Slayers of Darius", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi MET (cropped).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- "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.
- Royalty.succession
- King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
- Royalty.reign
- 330–329 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- Darius III
- Royalty.successor
- Alexander the Great (Macedonian Empire)
- Royalty.dynasty
- Achaemenid dynasty
- Royalty.death_date
- 329 BC
- Royalty.death_place
- Ecbatana
- Royalty.religion
- Zoroastrianism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Achaemenid Empire
- Place of death
- Ecbatana
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- satrap
- Religion
- Zoroastrianism
- Family
- Achaemenid dynasty
- Image
- The punishment of Bessus by Andre Castaigne (1898-1899).jpg
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- date of death
- 0329-01-01
- date of birth
- 0400-01-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- Bessus
- Commons category
- Bessus
- cause of death
- decapitation
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