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Xerxes I
[ zurk-seez ]
noun
- 519?–465 b.c., king of Persia 486?–465 (son of Darius I).
Xerxes I
/ ˈzɜːksiːz /
noun
- Xerxes I?519 bc465 bcMPersianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?519–465 bc , king of Persia (485–465), who led a vast army against Greece. His forces were victorious at Thermopylae but his fleet was defeated at Salamis (480) and his army at Plataea (479)
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