Xerxes I
(Reguidit frae Xerxes I o Persie)
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Xerxes I o Persie (/ˈzɜːrksiːz/; 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 | |
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King o Kings o Persie | |
Xerxes I, frae Hadish Palace at Persepolis. | |
Ring | 486 - 465 BC |
Coronation | October 486 BC |
Predecessor | Darius I |
Successor | Artaxerxes I |
Born | 518 BC Persie |
Dee'd | 465 BC (aged 54) Persie |
Buirial | Persie |
Hoose | Persia |
Dynasty | Achaemenid Empire |
Faither | Darius I |
Mither | Atossa |
Releegion | Zoroastrianism |
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