Xerxes I

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Also Known As	Xerxes the Great • Ahasuerus
Born	c.519 BCE
Died	465 BCE • Persepolis • Iran
Title / Office	king (486BC-465BC), Persia
House / Dynasty	Achaemenian dynasty • Achaemenid dynasty
Notable Family Members	spouse Esther • father Darius I • son Artaxerxes I
Role In	Battle of Thermopylae • Greco-Persian Wars

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