While Xerxes’ men were ultimately the ones who won the Battle of Thermopylae, the Greeks didn’t submit easily. They managed to hold the Persian army off for three days until they were betrayed ...

The Persian army was said by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus to number an improbable 1.75 million. The true figure is unknown, but Xerxes’ army was many times larger than that of the Greeks. 4 ...

Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans.

His massive army, which Darius had started assembling, crossed the Hellespont via two pontoon bridges and crushed Leonidas’s Spartans and their allies at the pass of Thermopylae (480 B.C.), while the ...

Xerxes (the Greek spelling of his name), was the king of the Persian Empire from 486 to 465 BCE. He is remembered in western scholarship for his defeat by combined Greek forces during his invasion ...

The Battle of Thermopylae is one of the most famous last stands in history and is known for King Leonidas and 300 soldiers of Sparta fighting a million-strong Persian army. Read on to know if this ...

Xerxes I tried to extend his rule beyond the Aegean, which his father had failed to accomplish. For a land power this was a challenge, despite the formidable army that Xerxes commanded. He used two ...

After its victory over Leonidas' 300, the Persian Army under the command of Xerxes marches towards the major Greek city-states. The Democratic city of Athens, first on the path of Xerxes' army ...