The Real Xerxes: The True Ruler Beyond 300 Posted: January 10, 2025 | Last updated: January 10, 2025 Xerxes the Great was the fourth King of Kings who ruled the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Known ...

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 ...