Artaxerxes I was the fifth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia, from August 465 to December 424 BC. He was the third son of Xerxes I. In Greek sources he is also surnamed "Long-handed", allegedly because his right hand was longer than his left. Josephus and several ancient traditions identify him as King Ahasuerus, from the Book of Esther. c. 500 BC – 424 BC; died at about 77. Alive at the same time as Socrates, Sophocles, Hippocrates, Euripides, and Democritus. Wiki link