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4 days ago · Darius died while preparing to march on Egypt, and the throne of Persia passed to his son Xerxes I. Xerxes crushed the Egyptian revolt and quickly restarted preparations for the invasion of Greece. No mere expedition, this was to be a full-scale invasion supported by long-term planning, stockpiling, and conscription. [36]
1 day ago · Immerse yourself in the epic tale of courage, strategy, and defiance that shaped the course of history at the Battle of Thermopylae. Witness King Xerxes I of...
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2 days ago · The second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece. The invasion was a direct, if delayed, response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece (492–490 BC) at the Battle of Marathon, which ended Darius I 's attempts to subjugate Greece.
3 days ago · Xerxes. Xerxes, Great King of the Persian Empire from 486–465 B.C., has gone down in history as an angry tyrant full of insane ambition. The stand of Leonidas and the 300 against his army at Thermopylae is a byword for courage, while the failure of Xerxes' expedition has overshadowed all the other achievements of his twenty-two-year reign.
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3 days ago · Xerxes II, who reigned for a very short time, could scarcely have obtained so splendid a monument, and still less could the usurper Sogdianus. The two completed graves behind the compound at Persepolis would then belong to Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III .
4 days ago · Based on the graphic novels by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, the ‘300’ series centres on the heroic-mythical Battle of Thermopylae, where King Leonidas of Sparta and his elite troops confront a formidable Persian army led by Xerxes I.
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4 days ago · It starred Gerard Butler as King Leonidas of Sparta, who leads a small contingent of warriors against the vast Persian army commanded by Xerxes I, played by Rodrigo Santoro.
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