Xerxes
Born in c. 519 BC, of the parents King Darius and his wife Atossa came Xerxes. He was raised in the lavish opulence of an eastern court and became the designated heir to his father's throne in which he was to rule over the greatest empire of his time for 21 years. The Persian Empire.He was not the oldest of Darius' sons but still became the heir over his oldest brother Artabazanes. There were two main reasons for this, His mother Atossa was the daughter of the great Cyrus making Xerxes his grandson. According to Herodotus Atossa would have used her influence to get her son on the throne. [Herodotus book 7 section-3]. Xerxes stated superior claim to the throne for the same reasons. Spartan King Demaratus who was exiled from Sparta and in the Persian court at the time, suggested that they use the Spartan custom to elect a king. That is that the son who is born first while the king sits on the throne will be the heir no matter how many sons there were before the king became king [Herodotus book 7 section-3]. This made Xerxes the rightful heir how ever he describes his accession himself on limestone foundation block at Persepolis "...My Father was Darius; Darius' father was Hystaspes by name; Hystaspes' father was Arsame
It was started by Darius and finished by Xerxes. The story of Esther is a book in the bible and is where the Jewish celebration of 'Purim' comes from. It suggests that Artabanus, the commander of the palace guards murdered him with the help of Aspamitres, a court eunuch [pg. 'Harem' was Xerxes palace that he built for himself; The 'Central Building' was another construction ordered by Xerxes; 'Throne Hall' or other wise known as 'The Hall of 100 Columns', was believed to have been started by Xerxes and finished by Artaxerxes; 'Palace H' was another incomplete building believed to have been stared by Xerxes and incomplete inscriptions suggest that it may have been finished by Artaxerxes. The most important and significant things in Xerxes life that contributed to his assent was being the grandson of the greatest king Persia had seen and his mother being that kings daughter and able to use her influence. So his destruction of Athens can be looked upon as an achievement. There is another story of Amestris that leads us to believe she wasn't that good a woman. Amestris wove a wonderful shawl as a present for her husband Xerxes. Xerxes became the king of the Persian Empire in 485BC. As far as we know the only real education according to Herodotus that Persian boys were taught was to. " I will not rest until I have taken Athens and burnt it to the ground, in revenge for the injury in which the Athenians without provocation did to me and my Father" [Herodotus book 7 section-8-b].
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