Xerxes had spent years planning his invasion of Greece. It was to be his 'divine punishment' for his father, Darius' crushing defeat at Marathon in 490 BC. Now, a decade later, he had spared no ...

Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 4th century BCE, when the Battle of Thermopylae took place. It was one of the key ...

The Xerxes Canal was built by King Xerxes I of Persia in the 5th century BC as part of the preparations for his intended ...