The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

A woman who rarely receives praise, though her disobedience was for an understandable reason and ultimately provided the ...

During the wonderful exchange where Xerxes and Leonidas first meet one another in the film, the Persian king tries to win over Leonidas and his Spartans as allies, saying they had much to offer ...

Mordecai's refusal to sacrifice him infuriated Haman, who calculated his plan so that he could kill every Jewish exile living in the Persian empire, and obtained the king's approval. The value of ...

Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans.

Taking to the throne herself, she made her name not as an ally of Greece, but as a loyal subject of Persia. Her major claim to fame occurred during the battle of Salamis, which King Xerxes of ...

Taking to the throne herself, she made her name not as an ally of Greece, but as a loyal subject of Persia. Her major claim to fame occurred during the battle of Salamis, which King Xerxes of ...