No they weren't deformed. This army was comprised of well-proportioned fit human beings of whom he had plenty to choose from.
Xerxes I fought only one war against the Greeks. His land forces arrived on foot and the naval forces, obviously by sea.
Sparta and Athens
Sparta and Athens
Sparta and Athens
Sparta and Athens
they were marathon and athens
Sparta and Athens
Sparta and Athens
Sparta and Athens
Sparta and Athens
You get really really deformed, and/or dead.
xerxes is spelled xerxes plurally.