Xerxes

Question 0

Son of

Answer 0

Darius

Was left a rebellion in egypt

Question 1

Became king of the Persian empire in

Answer 1

485Bc

Question 2

Herodotus

Answer 2

Keen to characterise him as the one who relied on his forces too much

Question 3

How he wanted to be seen in Persia (found on inscriptions)

Answer 3

The king of kings

Appointed by the will of Ahura Mazda

Question 4

The hellespont

Answer 4

The bridge was destroyed by a storm
Xerxes had the engineers beheaded
And that the Hellespont whipped
He then ordered that fetters be thrown into the sea

Question 5

The sons story

Answer 5

Pythias (a Lydian subject)
Asked if the oldest of his 5 sons not to march on the expedition
Xerxes was so enraged that he ordered Pythias’s eldest son be cut in half and that the two halves be placed on either side of the road
The army marched between these

Question 6

Leonidas

Answer 6

He was so enraged he had Leonidas’s head cut off and stuck on a stake

Question 7

Xerxes observing salamis

Answer 7

When he saw one of his officers act in a distinguished way

He had his secretaries write down his name, city and parentage