[DOC] [TLE] Xerxes I - Wikipedia [PAR] Xerxes I called Xerxes the Great, was the fourth king of kings of the Achaemenid 
dynasty of Persia. He ruled from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC at the 
hands of Artabanus, the commander of the royal bodyguard. Xerxes I is most 
likely the Persian king identified as Ahasuerus (Hebrew ... He is also notable in 
Western history for his invasion of Greece in 480 BC. [DOC] [TLE] First Persian invasion of Greece - Wikipedia [PAR] The first Persian invasion of Greece, during the Persian Wars, began in 492 BC, 
and ended ... It was thus left to his son Xerxes I to lead the second Persian 
invasion of .... Cleisthenes was thus restored to Athens (507 BC), and at 
breakneck speed .... ships accompanied 1,207 triremes during Xerxes's invasion 
in 480 BC. [DOC] [TLE] Xerxes I - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] He was the son of Darius the Great (550-486 BCE) who, in an effort to punish 
Athens for their support of the Ionian colonies' revolt against Persian rule, had ... 
winter of 481-480 BCE and offered to give Xerxes a considerable sum of money 
for ... at the Athenian resistance to his wishes that he burned the city in a furious 
fit,... [DOC] [TLE] Persian Wars Flashcards | Quizlet [PAR] King of Persia; Son of Darius, continued his father's plan to defeat Athenians but 
failed, not ... hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the 
Persians (died in 480 BC) ... island the Greeks fled to after Persia burned Athens 
down. [DOC] [TLE] The Persian Wars - The Latin Library [PAR] In 507 B.C the Athenians sent ambassadors to ask for a protective alliance with 
the king of Persia, Darius I (ruler between 522-486 B.C.), because they feared ... 
not an emperor) had become the richest, largest, and most militarily powerful 
state ..... the gigantic Persian invasion which arrived in Greece in 480 B.C. Darius 
had... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Salamis [PAR] The Athenians had fled to Salamis after the Battle of Thermopylae in August, 480 
BC, while the Persians occupied and burned their city. ... prophesized that 
Salamis would "bring death to women's sons," but also that the Greeks ... as a 
battle in the straits of Salamis would be deadly to the large Persian ships, but 
Xerxes and... [DOC] [TLE] Greco-Persian Wars: Xerxes' Invasion | HistoryNet [PAR] Cyrus the Great launched the era of Persian expansion in the 6th century BC, ... 
with a contingent from Eretria, raided and burned the Persian city of Sardis. ... At 
the same time, Hippias-the son of Pisistratus, who had been deposed when 
Athens adopted .... As Xerxes swept irresistibly forward during the summer of 480 
BC,... [DOC] [TLE] 300 Rise of an Empire True Story vs Movie - Artemisia, Themistocles [PAR] Xerxes Born: 519 BC Birthplace: Persia Death: 465 BC, Persepolis, Persia ... in 
300: Rise of an Empire, the Battle of Artemisium (a 480 BC naval engagement), 
took place ... occurs after the Persians have advanced and burned Athens to the 
ground. ... Artemisia I of Caria had a son named Pisindelis (not shown in the 
movie),... [DOC] [TLE] Persians, Darius The First - World History International [PAR] History of the Ancient Persians including Cyrus and Darius. ... son of Cambyses, 
great king, king of Anshan, grandson of Cyrus, great king, ... Xerxes (486-465 BC)
, Darius' eldest son by Queen Atossa, was born after ... of 480 came to naught, 
and the Persian land forces marched on Athens, taking and burning the Acropolis
. [DOC] [TLE] Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: Xerxes Invades Greece [PAR] ... the Greek mainland by the Persian king Xerxes in 480 B.C. According to this 
account, ... and burnt Athens, which has dared, unprovoked, to injure me and my 
father. ... But Artabanus, the son of Hystaspes, and uncle of Xerxes, trusting to his
... [DOC] [TLE]

Question: This Persian son of Darius I burned Athens in 480 B.C.
Answer: Xerxes