When the ancient Greeks faced the Persians in the Battle of Artemisium, they set the tone for the Battle of Salamis.

By night he sent a messenger to the Persian king, Xerxes, informing him that the Greeks intended to flee. Unless he acted now, Xerxes would lose the opportunity to defeat the Greeks in one fell swoop.

When the Persian king, Xerxes, invaded Greece in the spring of 480 BC, he did so at the head of vast army. Once the Spartan force at Thermopylae had been defeated, his route by land to Athens was ...

The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

According to the ancient Greek chronicler Herodotus, when Persian emissaries traveled ... and water” as a sign of their submission to King Xerxes. In response to this request, the Athenians ...

Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans.

He further explained that due to the historical significance of Parseh, which is considered one of the world's most valuable heritage sites, it is not uncommon for ancient artifacts ... because it ...

Ancient Persians did not write narrative history, but as consummate bureaucrats, they left a vast amount of administrative records on clay tablets, and, after their conquest of Egypt, on papyrus.

the Persian Emperor Xerxes was confronted with his chief adviser’s misgivings. Artabanus, who served both as a military chief and consiglieri to the Persian “king of kings” (Shahanshah ...

Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans.