The Lead-Up To The Battle Of Thermopylae Xerxes, like his father Darius, had been dealing with a small revolt in the lead-up to his invasion.

The only ancient Mediterranean Basin army I can think of that historian consensus puts in that size range would have been Xerxes’ invasion of Greece, and that includes huge naval forces.

According to Greek mythology, Perseus was the ancestor of the Persians through descendants who went by the names Perses and Achaemenes.

Only one ancient account mentions the existence of Xerxes Canal, long thought to be a tall tale. But archaeology is confirming that Persia's engineering triumph was real.

Inside All About History 125: Learn how Xerxes I overcame rebels and plots to claim his throne and dominate West Asia.

In Western history, Xerxes is best known for his invasion of Greece in 480 BC. Son of Darius the Great, he consolidated his power by crushing revolts in Egypt and Babylon, and renewed his father's ...

For Greece is the key to control of two of the three routes to the east : by land and sea through Turkey, by sea via the Mediterranean.

Tom Holland draws extensively on the great work by the father of history, Herodotus, whose The Histories is a searching, if often discursive, investigation into the roots and causes of the war ...