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[[Artaxerxes I]], who died in 424 BC, was followed by his son [[Xerxes II]]. After a month and half Xerxes II was murdered by his brother [[Sogdianus]]. His illegitimate brother, Ochus, [[satrap]] of [[Hyrcania]], rebelled against Sogdianus, and after a short fight killed him, and suppressed by treachery the attempt of his own brother Arsites to imitate his example.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} Ochus adopted the name Darius (Greek sources often call him Darius ''Nothos'', "Bastard"). Neither the names Xerxes II nor Sogdianus occur in the dates of the numerous [[Babylon]]ian tablets from [[Nippur]]; here effectively the reign of Darius II follows immediately after that of Artaxerxes I.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=Darius |volume=7 |page=833 |first=Eduard |last=Meyer |author-link=Eduard Meyer}}</ref>