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			Xerxes I
	King of Persia and Media
Great King
 King of Kings 
 King of Nations
Pharaoh of Egypt
	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	519 BC
Persia
	Died	August 465 BC (aged 53 or 54)
Persia
	Burial	Persia

	Spouse	Amestris, (disputed: Vashti and Queen Esther)
	Issue	Darius
Hystaspes
Artaxerxes I
Arsames
Amytis
	Dynasty	Achaemenid
	Father	Darius I
	Mother	Atossa
	Religion	Zoroastrianism[1]


Xerxes the Great was a Shah of Iran (485–465 BC) of Achaemenid Empire. Xerxes was son of Darius I and Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus the Great. After Darius died, Xerxes became the Shah of Iran. At the Battle of Thermopylae, Xerxes defeated Greek warriors. After winning at Thermopylae, Xerxes then took control of Athens with his army. Finally, Greek warriors won the Battle of Salamis against Xerxes in 480 BC.

The movie 300 is based on Xerxes.


References[change | change source]


	↑ Xerxes made human sacrifice. See Boyce, Mary (1989). A History of Zoroastrianism: The early period, p. 141.





Ancient sources[change | change source]

	  The Sixth Book, Entitled Erato in History of Herodotus.
	  The Seventh Book, Entitled Polymnia in History of Herodotus.


Other websites[change | change source]

 Media related to Xerxes I at Wikimedia Commons


	Xerxes 
Achaemenid dynasty
Born:  519 BC  Died:  465 BC

	Preceded by
Darius I
	 King of Kings of Persia
485 BC – 465 BC
	Succeeded by
Artaxerxes I

	 Pharaoh of Egypt
485 BC – 465 BC



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	Persondata

	Name
	Xerxes I of Persia

	Alternative names
	Khshayathiya Khshayathiyanam

	Short description
	Ancient Persian king

	Date of birth
	519 BC

	Place of birth
	Persia

	Date of death
	465 BC

	Place of death
	Persia










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