Ardakhshir I (also spelled Artaxerxes I; Aramaic: "rtḥštry") was a dynast ("frataraka") of Persis in the late 3rd-century BC, ruling sometime after 220 to c. 205 BC.
Name.
"Ardakhshir" ("Ardashir") is the Middle Persian form of the Old Persian "Ṛtaxšira" (also spelled "Artaxšaçā", meaning "whose reign is through truth"). The Latin variant of the name is "". Three kings of the Achaemenid Empire were known to have the same name.
Reign.
Since the end of the 3rd or the beginning of the 2nd century BCE, Persis had been ruled by local dynasts subject to the Seleucid Empire. They held the ancient Persian title of "frataraka" ("leader, governor, forerunner"), which is also attested in the Achaemenid-era. The Achaemenid Empire, which had a century earlier ruled most of the Near East, originated from the region. The "frataraka" themselves emphasized their close affiliation with the prominent Achaemenid king of kings, and their court was probably at the former Achaemenid capital of Persepolis, where they financed construction projects on and near the Achaemenid plateau. The "frataraka" had traditionally been regarded as priestly dynasts or advocates of religious (and political) opposition to Hellenism, however, this is no longer considered the case.
The chronology of the early Persid rulers is disputed. The traditional view was that the chronology of the early rulers were; Baydad, Ardakhshir I, Wahbarz, Wadfradad I and Wadfradad II. However, recent findings of Persis coins have led to more a likely chronology; Ardakhshir I, Wahbarz, Wadfradad I, Baydad and Wadfradad II.
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