He was successor to his father Darius as king of the Persian Empire, led a failed invasion of Greece to bring peace to the Middle East, and re-consolidated the Empire.
Yes, Darius was a historical person, but he was not the person who conquered Babylon and freed the Jews, as stated in the Book of Daniel. He was also not the son of Xerxes, rather the father of Xerxes. Cyrus the Great, who ruled the Persian Empire from c. 560-530 BCE, was the conqueror of Babylon and the great king who allowed the Jews to return to Judah if they wished. Darius ruled the Persian Empire 522 - 486 BCE.
Darius I sent a punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens in 490 BCE. When this failed at Marathon, he determined to beinf all of peninsular Greece into his empire to stop the cities there interfering in the Greek cities already in his empire and breaking its peace. He died before he could execute this plan.His son Xerxes I took over this mission invading in 480-479 BCE. It failed after defeats at Salamis, Plataia and Mykale.
It was the campaign by King of Kings Xerxes of Persia (Achaemenid dynasty), son of Darius the Great, who followed in the steps of his father and attacked the Western fronts of the Persian Empire to expand Persia and to conquer Greece.
Rhodogune was the mother of Kind Darius of Achaemenid Empire.
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.
Their kings, first Darius, then his son Xerxes.
cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, Xerxes.
Cyrus the Great Darius I the Great Xerxes I the Great
The were kings of the Persian Empire in the 6th and 5th Centuries BCE.
The king of Persia - first Cyrus, then Cambyses, Darius, Xerxes and a string of successors.
Xerxes
It remained powerful until Alexander the Great defeated it and took it over.
He was successor to his father Darius as king of the Persian Empire, led a failed invasion of Greece to bring peace to the Middle East, and re-consolidated the Empire.
Yes, Darius was a historical person, but he was not the person who conquered Babylon and freed the Jews, as stated in the Book of Daniel. He was also not the son of Xerxes, rather the father of Xerxes. Cyrus the Great, who ruled the Persian Empire from c. 560-530 BCE, was the conqueror of Babylon and the great king who allowed the Jews to return to Judah if they wished. Darius ruled the Persian Empire 522 - 486 BCE.
There is not just one Persian Empire. There are several. If you are specifically referring to the Persian Empire of Cyrus the Great, Darius, and Xerxes, that empire was overrun by Alexander the Great between 334-324 B.C.E.
Xerxes the Great was king of the Persian Empire.