 A relief under his tomb portraying an equestrian combat was later carved during the reign of the Sasanian King of Kings, Bahram II ().Xerxes, the eldest son of Darius and Atossa, succeeded to the throne as Xerxes I; however, prior to Xerxes's accession, he contested the succession with his elder half-brother Artobarzanes, Darius's eldest son who was born to his first wife before Darius rose to power.With Xerxes' accession, the empire was again ruled by a member of the house of Cyrus.