Who was the son of Darius and King of Persia from 486 to 465 BC?
Darius (son of Xerxes I) Amestris thought that it was her connivance. On Xerxes' birthday, Amestris sent for his guards and mutilated Artaynte's mother. On seeing this, Masistes fled to Bactria to start a revolt, but was intercepted by Xerxes' army who killed him and his sons. In 465 BC, Darius may have ascended to the throne as King of Persia after his father was murdered in a conspiracy carried out by Artabanus and Aspamitres the eunuch, who were confidential advisers of Xerxes. Afterwards, they deceived Artaxerxes into believing that it was his older brother, Darius, who murdered his father. Darius was then taken to
Artaxerxes II of Persia after which it wasn't part of the Persian empire anymore. Artaxerxes II of Persia Artaxerxes II Mnemon (, meaning "whose reign is through truth") was the Xšâyathiya Xšâyathiyânâm ("King of Kings") of Persia from 404 BC until his death in 358 BC. He was a son of Darius II and Parysatis. Greek authors gave him the epithet "Mnemon" (Greek: "mnḗmona", in Old Persian: "abiataka"), meaning "remembering; having a good memory". Darius II died in 404 BC, just before the final victory of the Egyptian general, Amyrtaeus, over the Persians in Egypt. His successor was his eldest son Arsames who was