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Person

Xerxes I

Achaemenid king, r. 486–465 BCE

The son of Darius I and Atossa who succeeded his father and led the invasion of Greece in 480–479 BCE. His own inscriptions and the administrative record resist defining his entire reign by that campaign.

Date
r. 486–465 BCE
Other names
Xerxes · Xšayāršā
Groups
Achaemenid kings Achaemenid royal family
Record status
Secure identification

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Connections

Child of
Atossa Achaemenid queen; daughter of Cyrus II Herodotus; Darius I the Great; Achaemenid king, r. 522–486 BCE XPf
Parent of
Artaxerxes I Achaemenid king, r. 465–424/423 BCE A¹Pa
Succeeded
Darius I the Great; Achaemenid king, r. 522–486 BCE XPf
Succeeded by
Artaxerxes I Achaemenid king, r. 465–424/423 BCE The Babylonian astronomical tablet

Attested in

  • XPf in Xerxes I

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