4 moments

1. Receives Argive envoys at Susa

   0465-01-01 BC · Susa, Khuzestan, Iran

   

   Herodotus reports an Argive embassy at Susa that questioned Artaxerxes about its friendship with Xerxes; the king answered them there. The event is conventionally placed soon after Artaxerxes I's accession. Herodotus does not give a year; 465 BC follows the scholarly placement of this embassy shortly after Artaxerxes' accession.

2. Court audience with Nehemiah

   0445-01-01 BC · Shushan Palace, Susa, Khuzestan, Iran

   

   In Artaxerxes' twentieth regnal year, Nehemiah served wine to the king and requested leave to rebuild Jerusalem. The narrative first places Nehemiah at Shushan palace and identifies him as the king's cupbearer, establishing the royal court setting at Susa. The conventional identification is Artaxerxes I; 445 BC is the usual conversion of his twentieth regnal year, though ancient regnal-calendar reconstruction is not fully uniform.

3. Burial at Naqsh-e Rustam

   0424-01-01 BC · Naqsh-e Rustam Necropolis, Fars, Iran

   

   After his death, Artaxerxes' body was transported to his prepared rock-cut tomb in the Naqsh-e Rustam necropolis, one of the principal Achaemenid royal burial sites. The card records posthumous physical presence of Artaxerxes' body; the transport date is known only to the year of his death.

4. Death at Susa

   0424-01-01 BC · Susa, Khuzestan, Iran

   

   Artaxerxes died at Susa at the end of his reign. His death initiated a rapid succession crisis among his sons. The year is securely attested; the precise day of death is not established here.