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He consolidated the work of his predecessors Cyrus the Great and Cambyses by establishing security and prosperity.

However his attempt to further security by attempting to incorporate the Greek city-states of mainland Greece into the Empire to prevent their destabilising the Greek cities within the Empire failed after his expeditionary forces were repelled in 490 BCE and 480-479 BCE.

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