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The Real Xerxes: The True Ruler Beyond 300
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 ...
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Themistocles persuades Athens to build a powerful navy
When the Persian king, Xerxes, invaded Greece in the spring of 480 BC, he did so at the head of vast army. Once the Spartan force at Thermopylae had been defeated, his route by land to Athens was ...
PBS8y
Shipwreck, from The Greeks documentary
By night he sent a messenger to the Persian king, Xerxes, informing him that the Greeks intended to flee. Unless he acted now, Xerxes would lose the opportunity to defeat the Greeks in one fell swoop.
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The Overlooked Pioneers of the Ancient World
History has long celebrated its ancient world pioneers, yet many great deeds of overlooked figures have faded with their ...
TV Guide3y
300 - Full Cast & Crew
Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans.
The incredible 2,500-year-old canal that was the ancient world's answer to the Suez
The Xerxes Canal was built by King Xerxes I of Persia in the 5th century BC as part of the preparations for his intended ...
TV Guide2y
300 - Full Cast & Crew
Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans.