Do you remember the books that helped you learn to read—maybe Dick and Jane, Dr. Seuss, or Clifford the Big Red Dog? No matter the answer, odds are your experience was very different from most ...
Seen through Greek eyes, Xerxes is remembered for Thermopylae and Salamis, yet his reign tells a far larger story. This chapter traces how Persia reached its limits in Greece, adapted through ...
Xerxes the Great was the fourth King of Kings who ruled the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Known in the modern day for fighting the Greeks, as well as for for his battle-hardened feats and massive stone ...