Xerxes I

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Achaemenid king King of Kings Persian monarch

Xerxes I was a 5th-century BCE king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire best known for his massive invasion of Greece, including the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Xerxes I canonical	72
Xerxes I of Persia	14
Xerxes	3
"Xerxes"	1
King Xerxes I of Persia	1
Serse (Xerxes)	1
Xerxes I (half-brother, probable)	1
Xerxes I (successor and son of Darius I)	1
Xerxes I of Persia in 300	1
Xerxes the Great	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Achaemenid king ⓘ King of Kings ⓘ Persian monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	King Ahasuerus ⓘ surface form: Ahasuerus Khshayarsha ⓘ Xerxes I ⓘ surface form: Xerxes the Great Xšayāršā ⓘ
appearsInWork	The Persians (play) by Aeschylus ⓘ surface form: The Persians (Aeschylus)
biblicalName	King Ahasuerus ⓘ surface form: Ahasuerus
birthDate	circa 518 BCE ⓘ
built	Persepolis terrace ⓘ surface form: Gate of All Nations at Persepolis Hall of 100 Columns ⓘ surface form: Hall of a Hundred Columns at Persepolis
capital	Persepolis ⓘ Susa ⓘ
child	Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ surface form: Artaxerxes I Darius (son of Xerxes I) ⓘ Hystaspes ⓘ surface form: Hystaspes (son of Xerxes I)
conflict	Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
deathCause	assassination ⓘ
deathDate	465 BCE ⓘ
deathPlace	Persepolis ⓘ
dynasty	Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
empire	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
father	Darius I of Persia ⓘ surface form: Darius I
fullName	Xerxes I self-link ⓘ
grandfather	Cyrus the Great ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Akkadian ⓘ Elamite ⓘ Old Persian ⓘ
knownFromSource	Aeschylus ⓘ Herodotus ⓘ
language	Old Persian ⓘ
mother	Atossa ⓘ
notableAction	suppressed revolts in Babylonia ⓘ suppressed revolts in Egypt ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Artemisium ⓘ Battle of Plataea ⓘ Battle of Salamis ⓘ Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ
notableEvent	Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Second Persian invasion of Greece
predecessor	Darius I of Persia ⓘ surface form: Darius I
reignEnd	465 BCE ⓘ
reignStart	486 BCE ⓘ
religion	Zoroastrianism ⓘ
spouse	Amestris ⓘ
successor	Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ surface form: Artaxerxes I
territoryRuled	Anatolia ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Egypt Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Persia ⓘ

Referenced by (96)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Achaemenid Empire → ruler → Xerxes I ⓘ

Persians → notableRuler → Xerxes I ⓘ

Old Persian → associatedRuler → Xerxes I ⓘ

Late Period of Egypt → foreignRuler → Xerxes I ⓘ

300 → mainCharacter → Xerxes I ⓘ

Darius I of Persia → successor → Xerxes I ⓘ

Darius I of Persia → child → Xerxes I ⓘ

Greco-Persian Wars → commander → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes I of Persia

King Ahasuerus → traditionalIdentification → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes I of Persia

Artaxerxes I of Persia → father → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes I of Persia

Artaxerxes I of Persia → predecessor → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes I of Persia

Mordechai → servedUnder → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes I of Persia

Battle of Salamis → PersianCommander → Xerxes I ⓘ

Leonidas I → opponent → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes I of Persia

Battle of Thermopylae → opposingCommander → Xerxes I ⓘ

Battle of Thermopylae → PersianCommander → Xerxes I ⓘ

Atossa → child → Xerxes I ⓘ

Atossa → notableRelative → Xerxes I ⓘ

Achaemenes → ancestorOf → Xerxes I ⓘ

Gate of All Nations → builder → Xerxes I ⓘ

Gate of All Nations → commissionedBy → Xerxes I ⓘ

Gate of All Nations → inscriptionMentions → Xerxes I ⓘ

Persepolis terrace → constructionExtendedUnder → Xerxes I ⓘ

Apadana Palace → builtFor → Xerxes I ⓘ

Apadana Palace → coBuilder → Xerxes I ⓘ

Susa → usedBy → Xerxes I ⓘ

Satrapy of Egypt → underMonarch → Xerxes I ⓘ

Xerxes I → fullName → Xerxes I self-link ⓘ

Xerxes I → alsoKnownAs → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes the Great

Old Persian cuneiform → hasLogogramFor → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Xerxes"

Serse → titleInEnglish → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes

Serse → mainCharacter → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes I of Persia

Parsa → associatedWithRuler → Xerxes I ⓘ

Achaemenid kings → notableMember → Xerxes I ⓘ

Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions → associatedWithRuler → Xerxes I ⓘ

Persepolis inscriptions → associatedWithRuler → Xerxes I ⓘ

Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt → hasRuler → Xerxes I ⓘ

Thespiae → destroyedBy → Xerxes I ⓘ

Rodrigo Santoro → playedCharacter → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes I of Persia

Rodrigo Santoro → characterInWork → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes I of Persia in 300

300: Rise of an Empire → basedOn → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes

300: Rise of an Empire → mainCharacter → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes

Persian army → usedBy → Xerxes I ⓘ

Persian army → commandedBy → Xerxes I ⓘ

300 (comic series) → portrays → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Xerxes I of Persia

Thermopylae → associatedWithPerson → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes I of Persia

The Persians → mainCharacter → Xerxes I ⓘ

Achaemenid stone reliefs → associatedWithRuler → Xerxes I ⓘ

Dārayavauš → linkedPerson → Xerxes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xerxes I (successor and son of Darius I)

Hystaspes → grandfatherOf → Xerxes I ⓘ