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  2. Xerxes I - Wikipedia

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    Xerxes I (/ ˈ z ɜː r k ˌ s iː z / ZURK-seez [2] [a] c. 518 – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, [4] was a Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC.

  3. Xerxes I inscription at Van - Wikipedia

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    The Xerxes I inscription at Van, also known as the XV Achaemenid royal inscription, [1] is a trilingual cuneiform inscription of the Achaemenid King Xerxes I (r. 486–465 BC). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is located on the southern slope of a mountain adjacent to the Van Fortress , near Lake Van in present-day Turkey . [ 3 ]

  4. Xerxes' pontoon bridges - Wikipedia

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    Construction of Xerxes Bridge of boats by Phoenician sailors Hellespont. Xerxes' pontoon bridges were constructed in 480 BC during the second Persian invasion of Greece (part of the Greco-Persian Wars) upon the order of Xerxes I of Persia for the purpose of Xerxes' army to traverse the Hellespont (the present-day Dardanelles) from Asia into Thrace, then also controlled by Persia (in the ...

  5. Battle of Thermopylae - Wikipedia

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    After the battle, Xerxes was curious as to what the Greeks had been trying to do (presumably because they had had so few men) and had some Arcadian deserters interrogated in his presence. The answer was: all the other men were participating in the Olympic Games. When Xerxes asked what the prize was for the winner, the answer was: "an olive-wreath".

  6. Second Persian invasion of Greece - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Darius (son of Xerxes I) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Tomb of Xerxes I - Wikipedia

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    The Tomb of Xerxes I (Persian: آرامگاه خشایارشا) is a catacombs located in Marvdasht. This tomb is part of the Naqsh-e Rostam and is Xerxes I 's Tomb. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

  9. Gate of All Nations - Wikipedia

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    The construction of the Stairs of All Nations and the Gate of All Nations was ordered by the Achaemenid king Xerxes I (486–465 BC), the successor of the founder of Persepolis, Darius I the Great. [ 1 ]