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Xerxes (Armenian: Շավարշ – Šavarš Ancient Greek: Ξέρξης – Xerxes Old Persian: Ḫšayāršā).He succeeded his father Arsames I to rule both Sophene and Commagene in 228 BC his brother Orontes IV ruled Armenia.The Satraps of Upper Media Lower Media and Persis Persis rebelled against king Antiochus III in 223 BC.Also in 223 BC Achaeus the Satrap of Asia Minor rebelled.By 220 BC he put down most of the rebellions Achaeus was not defeated until 213 BC.All of these rebellions helps to understand the context and motives for the subsequent actions of Antiochus III on king Xerxes.By 212 BC Antiochus III had invaded the domain of Xerxes and defeated him after laying siege to the city of Arsamosata.