Many of the city-states sided with Xerxes, the southern ones holding out. About twenty of these joined together led by Sparta, and including Corinth, Thespis, Megara, Athens and Aegina..
Xerxes crossed the Hellespont to invade Greece and expand the Persian Empire.
His forces had an initial naval victory at Artemesion, but was then defeated at Salamis, Plataia and Mycale. The Persian invasion failed.
The Persian Empire, under the leadership of King Xerxes I, invaded Greece and commanded their army during the battle of Salamis in 480 BCE. This naval battle was a crucial conflict in the Greco-Persian Wars, where the Greek city-states, united under the leadership of figures like Themistocles, ultimately defeated the larger Persian fleet. The victory at Salamis significantly weakened Xerxes' forces and marked a turning point in the war.
Darius I in 490 BC, and his son Xerxes in 480 BC.
Xerxes was the Persian king, who wanted to take over Greece. Leonidas was the king of Sparta, who was one of many to defend Greece. It's pretty obvious why they were enemies.
Basically he got owned lol
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Persian king Xerxes invaded mainland Greece in 480-479 BCE.
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Xerxes became king of Persia in 486 BCE, and he invaded Greece in 480 BCE. Therefore, there were six years between his ascension to the throne and the invasion of Greece.
Xerxes son of Darius
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Sparta and Athens.