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Xerxes I
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... When I became king, I built much excellent (construction). What had been built by my father (Darius I), that I protected, and other building I added.
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Xerxes I
The fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC)
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Lived -519–-465, aged 54
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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.
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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, e…
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Xerxes I
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And among these countries there was a place where previously daiva [demons] were worshiped.
— Achaemenid Royal Daiva Inscription of Xerxes. The Achaemenid Royal Daiva Inscription of Xerxes. Livius.org.
Xerxes I
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When I became king, there is among these countries one which was in rebellion. Afterwards Ahuramazda bore me aid.
— daiva- inscription of Xerxes (ruled 486-465 BCE), quoted in The Idea of India- Bhārat as a Civilisation -- Subhash Kak
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