ARTAXERXES III OF PERSIA

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'Artaxerxes III Ochus' (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠^[1]) ruled Persia from 358 BC to 338 BC. He was the son of Artaxerxes II and was succeeded by Arses of Persia (also known as Artaxerxes IV). Soon after becoming the king, Artaxerxes killed all of his relatives to protect Persia from civil wars. In 343 BC Artaxerxes III defeated Nectanebo II, driving him from Egypt, and made Egypt once again a Persian satrapy.
There is evidence for a renewed building policy at Persepolis, where Artaxerxes III erected a new palace.
According to the Greek historian Diodorus, Artaxerxes was murdered by his minister, Bagoas, but this is contradicted by cuneiform texts.^[2]

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1. Achaemenid Inscriptions (کتیبه‌های هخامنشی)‎, , R. M., Ghias Abadi, Shiraz Navid Publications, 2004,
2. Chr. Walker, "Achaemenid Chronology and the Babylonian Sources," in: John Curtis (ed.), ''Mesopotamia and Iran in the Persian Period: Conquest and Imperialism, 539-331 BC'' (London 1997), page 22.