Xerxes I of Persia (/ˈzɜrksiːz/; Old Persian: Xšayaršā meaning "ruling over heroes", Greek: Ξέρξης, Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, Aẖashverosh ʼĂḥašwērôš), also known as Xerxes the Great (519 BC-465 BC), was the fourth king of the Achaemenid Empire.
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