Upon ascension to the throne, this man had a statue of Marduk at Babylon melted down, an act that earned him two rebellions in Mesopotamia during his reign.
Upon ascension to the throne, this man had a statue of Marduk at Babylon melted down, an act that earned him two rebellions in Mesopotamia during his reign. These rebellions were rather minor affairs compared to the war he fought elsewhere, for which he prepared by allying with Carthage and then building a bridge of boats across the Hellespont. After his army traversed these, it fought its way southwest, sustaining heavy losses though burning Athens, until the defeats of Salamis and Plataea. FTP name this Persian Great King, son of Darius the Great, whose army fought the Spartans at Thermopylae.
Upon ascension to the throne, this man had a statue of Marduk at Babylon melted down, an act that earned him two rebellions in Mesopotamia during his reign.
{Xerxes} I (accept {Xsayarsa})