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A ruler of this name was served by the high-ranking cavalry commander Nabarzanes and was killed by the satrap Bessus. A ruler with this name depicted the punishments endured by his impostors in the Behistun Inscription. A successor of Cambyses II (“kam-BYE-zees the second”) with this regnal name founded a capital at (*) Persepolis. (10[1])Three years before suppressing (-5[1])the Ionian Revolt, that king of this name was defeated by Miltiades (“mill-TYE-uh-deez”) at the Battle of Marathon during his empire’s war (10[1])with the Greeks. For 10 points, give this name of an Achaemenid ruler who was the nephew of Cyrus the Great and fathered Xerxes I ■END■ (10[1])

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