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Xerxes
Title: Xerxes
Category: History
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Xerxes
Xerxes
Born in c. 519 BC, of the parents King Darius and his wife Atossa came Xerxes. He was raised in the lavish opulence of an eastern court and became the designated heir to his father’s throne in which he was to rule over the greatest empire of his time for 21 years. The Persian Empire.
He was not the oldest of Darius’ sons but still became the heir over his oldest brother Artabazanes. There were …showed first 75 words of 1557 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1557 total…world would except instead of herself [Herodotus book 7 section-114].
In 465BC Xerxes was found murdered in his bedchambers. According to Cameron and Lawless, specific details on the death of Xerxes are unknown. It suggests that Artabanus, the commander of the palace guards murdered him with the help of Aspamitres, a court eunuch [pg.100]. Therefore Xerxes ended his reign of the Persian Empire as a victim of palace conspiracy and was succeeded by his son Artaxerxes.
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