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 Xerxes II
Our only source for the reign of Xerxes II and Sogdianus is the Greek author Ctesias of Cnidus, one of the most unreliable writers from Antiquity.
However, one of his half-brothers, Sogdianus, the son of Artaxerxes and a Babylonian woman named Alogyne, conspired against him.
Probably Ochus and Sogdianus declared themselves kings at the same moment, when they heard of their father's death.
www.livius.org /x/xerxes/xerxes_ii.html   (475 words)

  
 Xerxes II of Persia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first was Sogdianus, son by concubine Alogyne of Babylon.
Ochus' first inscription as Darius II can be dated to January 10, 423 BC.
Darius II became the sole ruler of the Persian Empire and would reign till 404 BC.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xerxes_II   (256 words)

  
 Xerxes II of Persia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Xerxes II was a (The language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms) Persian (A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom) king and the son and successor of (King of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC)) Artaxerxes I.
After a reign of forty-five days, he was assassinated in 424 BC by his brother (Click link for more info and facts about Sogdianus) Sogdianus, who in turn was murdered by (Click link for more info and facts about Darius II) Darius II.
The first was (Click link for more info and facts about Sogdianus) Sogdianus, son by (A woman who cohabits with an important man) concubine Alogyne of (The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capitol of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia) Babylon.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/X/Xe/Xerxes_II_of_Persia1.htm   (442 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 855 (v. 3)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Of Rhodes, an historian, who seems to have lived in the time of Augustus, and who wrote a work on the civil war, from which Athenaeus quotes some particulars respecting Antony and Cleo­patra.
SOGDIANUS (207andcWs), or SECUN-DIA'NUS (Seffw8/a«fe), as he is called by Ctesias, was one of the illegitimate sons of Artaxerxes I. Longimanus.
Sogdianus, however, was murdered in his turn after a reign of seven months, by his brother Ochus, as is related in the life of the latter.
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 Sogdianus de Persia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
El segundo era Sogdianus mismo, reconocido posiblemente en Elam.
Lo asesinaron según se informa mientras que era bebido por Pharnacyas y Menostanes en las órdenes de Sogdianus.
Sogdianus ganó al parecer el soporte de sus regiones.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/so/Sogdianus%20de%20Persia.htm   (264 words)

  
 Sogdianus of Persia - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
Sogdianus of Persia - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
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The article about Sogdianus of Persia contains information related to Sogdianus of Persia and External links.
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 Xerxes II
B.C.), son of Artaxerxes I. After a reign of 45 days he was murdered by his half brother Sogdianus.
Xerxes II (Old Persian Khšayâršâ) and Sogdianus: kings of the ancient Persian empire.
Ctesias states that Xerxes was the only lawful son of king Artaxerxes I and queen Damaspia (who is otherwise unknown); Xerxes had been appointed as crown prince.
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 Sogdianus of Persia - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Sogdianus of Persia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sogdianus of Persia - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Sogdianus of Persia.
Here you will find more informations about Sogdianus of Persia.
The orginal Sogdianus of Persia article can be editet
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 pelwar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
His son became king as Xerxes II, but was killed by Sogdianus, his brother, who became king.
The family in Jerusalem was more concerned about events in Susa, the Persian capital (where the kings of the Persian Empire were being killed), than they were about the war in far away Greece.
423 - Sogdianus was killed by another brother who took control of the Persian Empire as King Darius II.
medialdea.net /historyguy80538/pelwar.htm   (502 words)

  
 Financing Civilization
The eldest son Xerxes II seized the throne, only to be murdered 45 days later by his cunning half-brother Sogdianus, who, with one treacherous act suddenly held in his grasp the entire Persian Empire, from the Zagros mountains to the Mediterranean.
While Sogdianus may have had the throne, another son of Artraxerxes had the support and sponsorship of some of Persia's most powerful landowners.
One of Sogdianus' first imperial acts was to summon his powerful half-brother to the imperial city of Susa -- perhaps to put him under the sword and consolidate his power.
viking.som.yale.edu /will/finciv/chapter1.htm   (8030 words)

  
 Xerxes II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He is an obscure historical figure known primarily from the writings of Ctesias.He was reportedly the only legitimate son of Artaxerxes I and his Queen Damaspia.
Xerxes apparently succeeded to the throne buttwo of his illegitimate brothers claimed it for themselves.
Darius II became the sole ruler of thePersian Empire and would reign till 404 BC.
www.therfcc.org /xerxes-ii-6354.html   (228 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Persia
In 449, the Persian fleet and army having been again defeated near Salamis, in Cyrus, a treaty of peace was made between Persia and Athens.
Artaxerxes died in 424 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Xerxes II, who reigned but forty-five days and was murdered by his half-brother Sogdianus.
Sogdianus reigned six months and was murdered by Nothus, who ascended the throne in 423 as Darius II Nothus (the Bastard).
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11712a.htm   (14955 words)

  
 A revised checklist of the mosquitoes of Turkey
Reappraisal of the taxon led to sogdianus being assigned to synonymy (Ribeiro et al., 1985).
In the absence of chromosomal or isoenzyme analysis, this may be the most appropriate interim conclusion.
Anopheles pulcherrimus is a marsh breeding species with a distribution centred on the lowlands north and south of the Hindu Kush (Boyd, 1949).
www.uel.ac.uk /mosquito/issue9/turkey.htm   (4734 words)

  
 Iranica.com - DARIUS
In the dating formulas of the Babylonian business documents, however, these kings are not mentioned, and Darius II directly succeeds Artaxerxes I.
Its effects appear to be reflected in the archive of the Babylonian banking family the Muraæu@s: In the second year of the reign of Darius II Ochus there was an increase in the number of mortgages, possibly resulting from the fiscal and military demands of his first year (Stolper, pp.
The names of those who supported Sogdianus and Darius given by Ctesias are confirmed in these cuneiform documents (Stolper, p.
www.iranica.com /articles/v7f1/v7f136b.html   (4234 words)

  
 Darius 2
BCE: Born as son of King Artaxerxes 1 and a concubine from Babylonia.
423: Becomes king of Persia after he has his half-brother King Sogdianus killed.
Sogdianus had been king for only a month.
lexicorient.com /e.o/darius2.htm   (189 words)

  
 Eumerus key (Diptera: Syrphidae)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
funeralis, E. ornatus, E. sogdianus, E. strigatus, E. tricolor (my collection), E.
sogdianus, but wider than long: Eumerus consimilis Simic & Vujic.
De zweefvliegen van Noordwest-Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder de Benelux.
home.hccnet.nl /mp.van.veen/KEYS/Eumerus/eume_key.html   (1489 words)

  
 The Sign of Jonah and the History of the Reconstruction of the Temple (No. 13)
The Greek war lasted from the burning of Sardis in 501 BC to the seventeenth year of Artaxerxes in 448 BCE.
Assassinated in 424 after 45 days by Sogdianus his illegitimate brother who reigned for 6½ months.
He was assassinated by another illegitimate brother Ochus who became Darius II in late 424 BCE / early 423 BCE.
www.ccg.org /english/s/p013.html   (9032 words)

  
 AFRO-AMERICAN ALMANAC - African-American History Resource   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Murzuphus, a fallen usurper of the Byzantine throne, was doomed to lose his eyes and then to be dashed from a lofty column.
The Persians sometimes filled a tower with ashes into which the victim, like their Prince Sogdianus, was thrown when a wheel stirred the ashes and he was suffocated.
Parysatis caused Roxana to be sawn asunder--a doom which is said to have befallen the Prophet Isaiah.
www.toptags.com /aama/events/bloodred.htm   (4440 words)

  
 word sight: bible time-line
The story of Esther occurred during his rule.
Artaxerxes I was succeeded by Sogdianus for 1 year.
Hypocrites known as the "The Father of Medicine" was born.
www.wordsight.org /btl/000_btl-fp.htm   (10371 words)

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