Artaxerxes III
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Artaxerxes III was a 4th-century BCE king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire known for reconsolidating imperial control, notably by reconquering Egypt, before being assassinated in a court intrigue.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Artaxerxes III canonical | 31 |
| Artaxerxes III of Persia | 6 |
| Artaxerxes III (in the broader royal line) | 1 |
| Artaxerxes III Ochus | 1 |
| Artaxerxes Ochus | 1 |
| Ochos (Artaxerxes III) | 1 |
| Ochus (later Artaxerxes III) | 1 |
| Persian king Artaxerxes III | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T685386 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Artaxerxes III Context triple: [Achaemenid Empire, ruler, Artaxerxes III]
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A.
Artaxerxes II
Artaxerxes II was a long-reigning 4th-century BCE Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty, known for internal revolts and conflicts with Greek city-states during his rule.
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B.
Darius III
Darius III was the final king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, best known for his defeat by Alexander the Great, which led to the empire’s collapse.
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C.
Artaxerxes I of Persia
Artaxerxes I of Persia was a 5th-century BCE Achaemenid king best known for ruling a vast Persian Empire and appearing in biblical history as the monarch who interacted with Jewish leaders during the restoration of Jerusalem.
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D.
Xerxes I
Xerxes I was a 5th-century BCE king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire best known for his massive invasion of Greece, including the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis.
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E.
Cambyses II
Cambyses II was a king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, best known for succeeding Cyrus the Great and conquering Egypt in the 6th century BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Artaxerxes III Target entity description: Artaxerxes III was a 4th-century BCE king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire known for reconsolidating imperial control, notably by reconquering Egypt, before being assassinated in a court intrigue.
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A.
Artaxerxes II
Artaxerxes II was a long-reigning 4th-century BCE Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty, known for internal revolts and conflicts with Greek city-states during his rule.
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B.
Darius III
Darius III was the final king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, best known for his defeat by Alexander the Great, which led to the empire’s collapse.
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C.
Artaxerxes I of Persia
Artaxerxes I of Persia was a 5th-century BCE Achaemenid king best known for ruling a vast Persian Empire and appearing in biblical history as the monarch who interacted with Jewish leaders during the restoration of Jerusalem.
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D.
Xerxes I
Xerxes I was a 5th-century BCE king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire best known for his massive invasion of Greece, including the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis.
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E.
Cambyses II
Cambyses II was a king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, best known for succeeding Cyrus the Great and conquering Egypt in the 6th century BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Achaemenid king
ⓘ
human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Artaxerxes Ochus
ⓘ
linked to:
Artaxerxes III
Ochus ⓘ |
| assassinatedBy | Bagoas the eunuch ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign |
Persepolis
ⓘ
Susa ⓘ |
| causeOfDownfall | court intrigue ⓘ |
| child |
Artaxerxes IV Arses
ⓘ
Bagoas (son of Artaxerxes III) ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| deathCause | assassination ⓘ |
| deathDate | 338 BCE ⓘ |
| deathManner | poisoning ⓘ |
| dynasty | Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Persian ⓘ |
| father | Artaxerxes II ⓘ |
| givenName | Artaxerxes ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Late Achaemenid period
ⓘ
linked to:
Achaemenid Empire
|
| house |
Achaemenid
ⓘ
linked to:
Achaemenid dynasty
|
| knownForPolicy |
centralization of royal authority
ⓘ
harsh treatment of subject peoples ⓘ |
| militaryAchievement | defeat of Nectanebo II of Egypt ⓘ |
| mother | Statira ⓘ |
| notableFor |
military campaigns in Asia Minor
ⓘ
military campaigns in Phoenicia ⓘ reconquest of Egypt ⓘ reconsolidation of Achaemenid imperial control ⓘ |
| occupation | ruler ⓘ |
| ordered |
campaigns against rebellious satraps
ⓘ
suppression of revolts in Phoenician cities ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Persepolis ⓘ |
| predecessor | Artaxerxes II ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 338 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | 358 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| ruledTerritory |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ Levant ⓘ
linked to:
Levant region
Mesopotamia ⓘ Persia ⓘ |
| spouse | Atossa ⓘ |
| successor | Artaxerxes IV Arses ⓘ |
| title |
King of Kings
ⓘ
King of Persia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Artaxerxes III Description of subject: Artaxerxes III was a 4th-century BCE king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire known for reconsolidating imperial control, notably by reconquering Egypt, before being assassinated in a court intrigue.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Artaxerxes III
linked to: Artaxerxes III
subject linked to:
Darius Codomannus
linked to: Artaxerxes III
subject linked to:
Darius Codomannus
linked to: Artaxerxes III
subject linked to:
Stateira (queen)
linked to: Artaxerxes III
linked to: Artaxerxes III
subject linked to:
Artaxerxes
linked to: Artaxerxes III
linked to: Artaxerxes III
linked to: Artaxerxes III
linked to: Artaxerxes III
linked to: Artaxerxes III