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Xerxes I (Xerxes the Great; also Khsayarsha, Ahasuerus)

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Born: 519 BC
Died: 465 BC.

Nationality: Persian
Categories: Emperor, Monarch

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Persian conqueror and ruler.

Emperor of Persia 486b-465b.

Won battle of Thermopylae 480b.

Lost battle of Salamis 480b.

Assassinated.

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