First Salamis 480 BCE, then Mycale 479 BCE in parallel with the land defeat at Plataea.
The Persian failed invasion of mainland Greece 480 to 479 BCE.
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 I.
By the Persian king Xerxes.
Xerxes I.
Xerxes II.
Darius I led the Persians in the First Persian War. Xerxes I led them in the Second.
Plataea of the last battle in the Persian war.
For the first phase King Darius I. After his death, it was his successor King Xerxes.
He led an unsuccessful invasion of mainland Greece 480-479 BCE.
The boy's name Xerxes \x(e)-rx es\ is of Persian origin, and the meaning of Xerxes is "monarch". Xerxes was the title of several Persian rulers. One (in the fifth century BC) made war on the Greeks and also appears in the biblical Apocrypha as Ahasuerus, husband of Esther.- Your WelcomeThe Big Chiz
They brought with them in 480 BCE the chariot of their god Ahura Mazda. It seems to have been lost when Xerxes took half the army home after the battle of Salamis.