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en-wikipedia-org-2404		Xerxes (graphic novel) - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1290	159	73	(Redirected from Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander) Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander is a 2018 historically inspired comic book limited series written and illustrated by Frank Miller. The strategy works, and the Persian force is slaughtered, but Miltiades orders the army to return to Athens immediately, knowing that the main body of Darius's force is headed there by sea. After his ignominious defeat in Greece, Xerxes returns to Persia, but his plans for his empire are cut short by his assassination in 465 BC. But Alexander conquers all of Greece and invades Persia, defeating Darius's army at Issus in 333 BC. 331 BC: Incensed by Alexander's refusal to return his wife and family, Darius confronts the Greeks again, at Gaugamela. Categories: Dark Horse Comics limited series	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2404.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2404.txt