When Xerxes I's father Darius I died, he took first suppressed a rebellion in Egypt, then took over his father's project of absorbing the Greek cities of mainland Greece into the Empire to stop them interfering in the Empire and disrupting peace. He bribed the Greek city-states to submit, and led an expedition to suppress those who would not submit.
This invasion failed so he set about consolidating the Empire as it was. The Greek cities in Asia Minor were led by Athens to form the Delian League, and this was successful in keeping Persia at bay for the rest of Xerxes' lifetime.
Xerxes was a Persian emperor. Persia is modern-day Iran. He plays a role in Greek mythology because he was a leader at a time when the Persian empire was very strong. As a result, he would be subject to being in many myths about war, etc.
Cyrus, the first king of the Persian Empire was known as a just and noble king. He let go of the Israeli from Judea who were taken captives by the Babylonians to return when he took them out. After him came his son Xerxes who was in war with the Greeks and the other kings after him were involved in battles until Darius III lost to the Greek therefore the beginning of the Greek Empire.
It was not a Greek who conquered Asia Minor and the Persian Empire, it was the Macedonian king Alexander the Great
Cyrus, the first king of the Persian Empire was known as a just and noble king. He was known as a liberator instead of a warrior of war. He let go of the Israeli from Judea who were taken captives by the Babylonians to return when he took them out. After him came his son Xerxes who was in war with the Greeks and the other kings after him were involved in battles until Darius III lost to the Greek therefore the beginning of the Greek Empire.
The Greek city-state of Athens emerged as the victor in the naval Battle of Salamis during the Greco-Persian Wars. Led by Themistocles, the Athenian fleet defeated the Persian navy, which was under the command of King Xerxes I. The victory at Salamis was a significant turning point in the war and helped secure Greek independence from the Persian Empire.
They were leaders the Persian Empire. Darius was the father of Xerxes. Darius led the Persians in the first Persian war, while Xerxes led the Persians in the second Persian war.
Xerxes was a Persian emperor. Persia is modern-day Iran. He plays a role in Greek mythology because he was a leader at a time when the Persian empire was very strong. As a result, he would be subject to being in many myths about war, etc.
The Battle of Salamis involved the Persian Empire - it was part of the invasion led by King Xerxes to try to bring the Greek city-states under control to stop their internecine warring spilling over into his empire.
Persian - Xerxes I. Greek - Eurybiades of Sparta.
1. The people of the Greek city-states who banded together to resist the Persian attempt to keep them within the Persian Empire. 2. The people of the Persian Empire who manned the land and naval forces to prosecute the war.
Cyrus, the first king of the Persian Empire was known as a just and noble king. He let go of the Israeli from Judea who were taken captives by the Babylonians to return when he took them out. After him came his son Xerxes who was in war with the Greeks and the other kings after him were involved in battles until Darius III lost to the Greek therefore the beginning of the Greek Empire.
The Persians and the Greeks (Athens and Sparta). There were 2 wars and three famous battles. 1. 490Bc - Dareius (P) - Miltiades (G); the Greeks won in the battle at Matathon. 2. 480BC -Xerxes (P) - Leonidas (G); the Persians won at Thermopylai. 3. 480BC - Xerxes (P)-Themistocles (G); the Greeks won at Salamis.
It was not a Greek who conquered Asia Minor and the Persian Empire, it was the Macedonian king Alexander the Great
After peace was made, Athens converted the Delian League it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own and lived high on the hog from the proceeds it extorted from those Greek city-states.
The conflict led to ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia's takeover of the Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire versus coalitions of Greek city-states led first by Sparta, then by Athens.
The Macedonian Greek Empire of Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire and incorporated all of its lands.