# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xerxes-i
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:34:58.331Z

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name: "Xerxes I"
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description: "He inherited the largest empire on earth, crossed into Europe with an army that drank rivers dry, burned Athens to ash — and lost. The Greek campaign that broke Persian expansion westward still defines him 2,500 years later."
tagline: "The fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC)"
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birthDate: "-519"
deathDate: "-465"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Xerxes became King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire in 486 BC after his father Darius chose him over an elder brother, inheriting a sprawling multi-ethnic realm. He opened his reign by crushing revolts in Egypt and Babylon, then turned west to finish what Darius had started: punishing Athens for meddling in the Ionian Revolt. In 480 BC he led a massive force across the Hellespont, won at Thermopylae and Artemisium, and razed Athens — but his navy shattered at Salamis. Fearing entrapment, he withdrew to Asia and left his general Mardonius to continue; Mardonius fell at Plataea the next year, ending the invasion. Back in Persia, Xerxes poured himself into construction, completing the Gate of All Nations and the Apadana at Persepolis and expanding his father's palace at Susa. In 465 BC the commander of his own bodyguard, Artabanus, assassinated him and his heir; his third son took the throne as Artaxerxes I.