He was the son of Darush I and daughter of Cyrus the great, Xerxes I was the heir to the achemanid dynasty. As a king he following the rebellious revolts in Egypt he, however did not follow the manners of Cyrus the great, not respecting the Egyptian holy places and also reacting towards the defeats with a heavy hand.
In times of his father, Darush I, part of Greek empire, modern turkey which was conquered by Cyrus started to rebel against the rulers of a century starting by expelling the governor of the Persians. Following these matters Persia started a fight with Greeks in the western borders. This war eventually lasted to the throne of Xerxes I and having gathered a great army he flew to the Greek border and there in thermopile the fight went on, the Greeks were defeat and Persian army conquered Athens. By the intrusion of some of the moghs (religious leaders of zarthustians) and their involvement, metropolis was burned. As a result of this conflict, Persian were later defeated and sent back home but years later in times of Alexander the great, Per police (Takhtejamshid) the Persian capital was burned in revenge of Athens. And today the movie 300 is produced showing the Persian army as wild and monstrous animals and Xerxes I himself as an indo-African looking man (with no resemblance to a Persian!!) being so huge and bald and having homosexual manners. The army is a mixture of rhinoceros, monsters and super natural creatures according to the movie. To all readers I would like to suggest that the Greek historian who wrote and studied the thermopile conflict was living in Persia at the time and criticizing the Persian rulers and also the rebels against the Persian rulers were into various attacks to overcome the achemanid’s rule. This movie was even criticized by Greek historians for making the city looking a military one just like Troy in which the story was different from history. As for yourself, if you have seen the movie you can compare the carved statue of Xerxes I with the image in the movie.
In times of his father, Darush I, part of Greek empire, modern turkey which was conquered by Cyrus started to rebel against the rulers of a century starting by expelling the governor of the Persians. Following these matters Persia started a fight with Greeks in the western borders. This war eventually lasted to the throne of Xerxes I and having gathered a great army he flew to the Greek border and there in thermopile the fight went on, the Greeks were defeat and Persian army conquered Athens. By the intrusion of some of the moghs (religious leaders of zarthustians) and their involvement, metropolis was burned. As a result of this conflict, Persian were later defeated and sent back home but years later in times of Alexander the great, Per police (Takhtejamshid) the Persian capital was burned in revenge of Athens. And today the movie 300 is produced showing the Persian army as wild and monstrous animals and Xerxes I himself as an indo-African looking man (with no resemblance to a Persian!!) being so huge and bald and having homosexual manners. The army is a mixture of rhinoceros, monsters and super natural creatures according to the movie. To all readers I would like to suggest that the Greek historian who wrote and studied the thermopile conflict was living in Persia at the time and criticizing the Persian rulers and also the rebels against the Persian rulers were into various attacks to overcome the achemanid’s rule. This movie was even criticized by Greek historians for making the city looking a military one just like Troy in which the story was different from history. As for yourself, if you have seen the movie you can compare the carved statue of Xerxes I with the image in the movie.
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