Bessus

self-proclaimed king of the Persian Empire

365 BCE to 329 BCE

Artaxerxes V, also known as Bessus (died summer 329 BC) was a prominent Persian (Iranian) satrap of Bactria in Persia,[1] and later self-proclaimed king of the Persian Empire.

According to classical sources, he killed his predecessor and relative, Darius III, after the Persian army had been defeated by Alexander the Great.

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