Xerxes the Great was the fourth King of Kings who ruled the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Known in the modern day for fighting the Greeks, as well as for for his battle-hardened feats and massive stone ...

Xerxes had spent years planning his invasion of Greece. It was to be his 'divine punishment' for his father Darius' crushing defeat at Marathon in 490 BC. Now, a decade later, he had spared no ...

Taking to the throne herself, she made her name not as an ally of Greece, but as a loyal subject of Persia. Her major claim to fame occurred during the battle of Salamis, which King Xerxes of ...

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