Xerxes I

American

[zurk-seez] / ˌzɜrk siz /

noun

519?–465 b.c., king of Persia 486?–465 (son of Darius I).

Xerxes I British

/ ˈzɜːksiːz /

noun

?519–465 _bc , king of Persia (485–465), who led a vast army against Greece. His forces were victorious at Thermopylae but his fleet was defeated at Salamis (480) and his army at Plataea (479)

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