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Bessus (also spelled Bessos), also known by his throne name of Artaxerxes V (died summer 329 BC), was a Persian satrap of the eastern Achaemenid satrapy of Bactria, as well as the self-proclaimed King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 330 to 329 BC. His brief reign ended after he was arrested by his own officers, who handed him over to the Macedonian king Alexander the Great ((r. 336 – 323)), who had him executed at Ecbatana.