Artaxerxes, in an early indication of the…

356 BCE

Artaxerxes, in an early indication of the vigor with which the Persian king intends to rule, in 356 orders all the satraps of the Achaemenid empire to dismiss their mercenary armies, many of whom are Greek, thus preempting future trouble of the same sort.

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