Xerxes (the Greek spelling of his name), was the king of the Persian Empire from 486 to 465 BCE. He is remembered in western scholarship for his defeat by combined Greek forces during his invasion ...

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 ...

In August 480 BC, Xerxes I of Persia, commonly known as Xerxes the Great, commanded 300,000 troops to conquer Greece. The justification for the invasion was that Greece encouraged slaves in Persia to ...

King Xerxes set out to conquer Greece but was thwarted and repelled in a series of epic battles. Was democracy saved thereby? Skip to Main Content. ... The Trouble Came From Persia.