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Xerxes I, the king of Persia, burned Athens in 480 BCE during the Second Persian invasion of Greece. This event occurred after the Battle of Thermopylae, where the Persian forces defeated the Greek defenders. Following their victory, the Persians captured and destroyed much of Athens, which had been largely evacuated by its inhabitants.

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