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Bessus

Bessus or Bessos (Old Persian: *Bayaçā; Ancient Greek: Βήσσος), also known by his regnal nameArtaxerxes V (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠Artaxšaçāʰ; Ancient Greek: Ἀρταξέρξης; died summer 329 BC), was a Persiansatrap of the eastern Achaemenid satrapy of Bactria, as well as the self-proclaimed King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 330 to 329 BC.

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