423 BC

Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC

Years: 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC 425 BC 424 BC - 423 BC - 422 BC 421 BC 420 BC 419 BC 418 BC

• Xerxes II, King of Persia is assassinated by orders of his half-brother and rival claimant Sogdianus.
• Sogdianus, King of Persia is assassinated by orders of his half-brother and rival claimant Darius II of Persia.
• Darius II becomes sole ruler of the Persian Empire.

Births

Deaths

• Xerxes II, King of Persia (assassination).
• Sogdianus, King of Persia (assassination).

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