Xerxes I o Persie (/ˈzɜːrksz/; Auld Persie: Xšaya-ṛšā IPA: [xʃajaːrʃaː] meanin "rulin ower heroes";New Persie: خشایارشا ;[1] Greek: Ξέρξης [ksérksɛːs]; Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, Modren Aẖashverosh, Tiberian ʼĂḥašwērôš), forby kent as Xerxes the Great (519–465 BC), wis the fowerth o the kings o Achaemenid Empire. Xerxes I is mair nor likely the Persie king identified as Ahasuerus in the biblical beuk o Esther.[2][3][4]

Xerxes I
King o Kings o Persie
Xerxes I, frae Hadish Palace at Persepolis.
Ring486 - 465 BC
CoronationOctober 486 BC
PredecessorDarius I
SuccessorArtaxerxes I
Born518 BC
Persie
Dee'd465 BC (aged 54)
Persie
BuirialPersie
HoosePersia
DynastyAchaemenid Empire
FaitherDarius I
MitherAtossa
ReleegionZoroastrianism

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