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Xerxes the Great

Xerxes I
King of Persia and Media
Great King
King of Kings
King of Nations
Pharaoh of Egypt
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Rock relief of Xerxes at his tomb in Naqsh-e Rustam
King of Persia
Reign 486–465 BC
Coronation October 486 BC
Predecessor Darius I
Successor Artaxerxes I
Born 518 BC
Persia
Died August 465 BC (aged 53 or 54)
Persia
Burial Persia
Spouse Amestris
Vashti?
Esther?
Issue Amytis
Hystaspes
Artaxerxes I
Arsames
Dynasty Achaemenid
Father Darius I
Mother Atossa
Religion Zoroastrianism

Xerxes I (/ˈzɜːrksz/; Old Persian: x-š-y-a-r-š-a (About this sound Khashayarsha ) "ruling over heroes",Greek Ξέρξης [ksérksɛːs]; 518–465 BC), called Xerxes the Great, was the fourth king of kings of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia. Like his predecessor Darius I, he ruled the empire at its territorial apex. He ruled from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC at the hands of Artabanus, the commander of the royal bodyguard.

Xerxes I is most likely the Persian king identified as Ahasuerus in the biblical Book of Esther. He is also notable in Western history for his failed invasion of Greece in 480 BC. His forces temporarily overran mainland Greece north of the Isthmus of Corinth until the losses at Salamis and Plataea a year later reversed these gains and ended the second invasion decisively. Xerxes also crushed revolts in Egypt and Babylon immediately after succession.


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