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How 371 Greek ships turned Xerxes’ massive fleet into death at Salamis in 480 BC

In 480 BC, the Persian invasion of Greece reached a terrifying breaking point after Athens was abandoned and burned. Xerxes still had a massive fleet, but Themistocles understood that Persian numbers ...
Gizmodo

Frank Miller returns to Ancient Greece with Xerxes

More than a decade after 300 — the story of Leonidas’ doomed stand against the Persian Empire at Thermopylae — the writer-artist reveals a first look at the prequel, Xerxes, named after the power-mad ...
bleedingcool

Xerxes #3 Review: Better, but It's Still Not Good

Xerxes has returned home to the Persian Empire as its ruler. We see the beginning and ending of his rule. We see him seeking a wife and finding it in Esther, niece of Mordecai of Judea. She marries ...
bleedingcool

Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #1 Review – That's a Really Long Name

The Ionian Greeks have rebelled against the rule of the Persians. They join up with the Athenians in a hope to escape Persian wrath. Darius sends his armies after the Greeks. The scouting party is ...
Ars Technica

How different would Western Civilization be today had Xerxes and the Persian Empire succeeded in taking all of Greece in 499 B.C., or did the Greeks p

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