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Xerxes was designated successor by Darius over his elder brother Artobazan and inherited a large, multi-ethnic empire upon his father's death. He consolidated his power by crushing revolts in Egypt and Babylon, and renewed his father's campaign to subjugate Greece and punish Athens and its allies for their interference in the Ionian Revolt.
On seeing this, Masistes fled to Bactria to start a revolt, but was intercepted by Xerxes' army who killed him and his sons. In 465 BC, Darius may have ascended to the throne as King of Persia after his father was murdered [1] in a conspiracy carried out by Artabanus and Aspamitres the eunuch, [2] who were confidential advisers of Xerxes ...
He first secretly murdered Xerxes and then accused Darius of parricide, resulting in his execution. The order of events remains uncertain but the deaths of Xerxes and Darius did leave the throne vacant. Artabanus' course of action is also uncertain. Some accounts have him usurping the throne for himself. Others consider him to have named young ...
Xerxes, the eldest son of Darius and Atossa, succeeded to the throne as Xerxes I; before his accession, he had contested the succession with his elder half-brother Artobarzanes, Darius's eldest son, who was born to his first wife before Darius rose to power. [58] With Xerxes's accession, the empire was again ruled by a member of the house of Cyrus.
Reigned until his death Caliph, Amir al-Mu'minin: Al-Walid I: Abu'l-Abbas 674 Son of Abd al-Malik: 705–715 715 Reigned until his death, built Mosque and great patron of Art. Caliph, Amir al-Mu'minin: Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik: Abu Ayyub 675 Son of Abd al-Malik: 715–717 717 Reigned until his death in 717 Caliph, Amir al-Mu'minin: Umar II ...
Darius then died whilst preparing to march on Egypt, and the throne of Persia passed to his son Xerxes I. [103] Xerxes crushed the Egyptian revolt, and very quickly restarted the preparations for the invasion of Greece. [104]
After the death of Darius, Xerxes's rule was initially accepted in Babylonia, despite mounting unrest in the region and an ongoing revolt in Egypt. In the fourth month of Xerxes's second year as king, [14] July 484 BC, [1] the citizens of the city of Sippar proclaimed Shamash-eriba, of unclear origin, as king. [14]
The second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece. The invasion was a direct, if delayed, response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece (492–490 BC) at the Battle of Marathon, which ended Darius I's attempts to subjugate Greece.