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Arsames was one of over a hundred illegitimate sons fathered with concubines by 4th century BCE Achaemenid ruler and King of Kings, Artaxerxes II Mnemon. Despite his illegitimate legal status, Arsames was loved by Mnemon even more than some of his legitimate sons.
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