Both wanted to establish and maintain a peaceful and prosperous empire. This led them to try to impose peace on the ever-warring Greek within and outside their Empire, leading to the wars both fought against the Greek city-states.
Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes.
Xerxes, his successor as king, who carried out Darius' plan to control the Greek cities in Europe after his death.
Cyrus the Great Darius I the Great Xerxes I the Great
Darius I, known as Darius the Great, was the third king of kings of the Achaemenid Empire. Darius held the empire at its peak, then including Egypt, and parts of Greece. The decay and downfall of the empire commenced with his death and the coronation of his son, Xerxes.
Xerxes vowed revenge & planned to invade Greece. He became the new Persian monarch in 486 B.C., after Persian King Darius died. He had an army of 18,000 troops, thousands of warships & supply vessels.
King Xerxes.
Xerxes mother was Atossa, Darius I of Persia wife and Cyrus the Greats' daughter.
Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes.
king Cyrus and king darius
King Darius I sent an expedition in 490 BCE to punish and instal friendly local tyrants in Eretria and Athens in 490 BCE.
Darius I in 490 BC, and his son Xerxes in 480 BC.
Xerxes The Great, Shah (Great King) of Persia from 485 to 465 BC, was also called Xerxes I. His son was Artaxerxes I, and his grandson was Xerxes II. Darius the Great (Darius I) of Persia was his father and Hystaspes was his grandfather. Hystaspes was not a King.
Xerxes, his successor as king, who carried out Darius' plan to control the Greek cities in Europe after his death.
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.
Darius
Athens had not had a king for five hundred years. It was experimenting with a limited form of democracy under the ooverall guidance of the Council of the Aeropagus, and had ten magistrates as leaders.
The king of Persia - first Cyrus, then Cambyses, Darius, Xerxes and a string of successors.