Editing Megabyzus (section)

===Origin of the Egyptian campaign===
When [[Xerxes I]] was assassinated in 465 BCE, he was succeeded by his son [[Artaxerxes I]], but several parts of the Achaemenid empire soon revolted, foremost of which were [[Bactria]] and [[Achaemenid Egypt|Egypt]]. The Egyptian [[Inarus]] defeated the Persian satrap of Egypt [[Achaemenes]], a brother of Artaxerxes, and took control of Lower Egypt. He contacted the Greeks, who were also officially still at war with Persia, and in 460 BCE, Athens sent an expeditionary force of 200 ships and 6000 heavy infantry to support Inarus. The Egyptian and Athenian troops defeated the local Persian troops of Egypt, and captured the city of Memphis, except for the Persian citadel which they besieged for several years.