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|birth = 519 BCE<br>[[Iran|Persia]], [[Achaemenid Empire]]
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|death = August 465 BCE (aged 53-54)<br>Persia, Achaemenid Empire
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'''Xerxes I of Persia''' (c. 519 BCE – c. 465 BCE), also known as '''Xerxes the Great''', was a king of the [[Achaemenid Empire]] during the [[Greco-Persian Wars]], and an ally of the [[Order of the Ancients]] in Persia.
'''Xerxes I of Persia''' (c. 519 BCE – c. 465 BCE), also known as '''Xerxes the Great''', was the son of [[Darius I of Persia|Darius I]], the Emperor of [[Achaemenid Empire]], during the [[Greco-Persian Wars]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Like his father, [[Darius I]], Xerxes I was a strong ally<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref><ref name="Abstergo Files">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Abstergo Files]]</ref> of the [[Order of the Ancients]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
Like his father, Xerxes I was a strong ally<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref><ref name="Abstergo Files">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Abstergo Files]]</ref> of the [[Order of the Ancients]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>


Additionally, the [[Cult of Kosmos]] supported Xerxes in his attempted conquest of [[Greece]], unsuccessfully trying to sway King [[Leonidas I of Sparta|Leonidas]] of [[Sparta]] to allow Xerxes to conquer the land through their puppet the [[Pythia (480 BCE)|Oracle]] of [[Sanctuary of Delphi|Delphi]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Bully the Bullies]]</ref> In 480 BCE, Xerxes led a [[Second Persian invasion of Greece]]. Before crossing the river [[Strymon]], Xerxes had white horses sacrificed as well as nine young women and men buried alive. After that, his army marched to clash with the forces of Leonidas at the [[Hot Gates of Thermopylai]] in [[Malis]].<ref name="ACOd"/>
Additionally, the [[Cult of Kosmos]] supported Xerxes in his attempted conquest of [[Greece]], unsuccessfully trying to sway King [[Leonidas]] of [[Sparta]] to allow Xerxes to conquer the land through their puppet, the Oracle of Delphi. In 480 BCE, Xerxes led a [[Second Persian invasion of Greece]], where his armies clashed with that of Leonidas in [[Malis]].<ref name="ACOd"/>


To oppose his tyranny, the Persian elite consisting of [[Darius]], [[Amorges]] and [[Pactyas (Ancients)|Pactyas]] formed and led a [[Darius' group|group]] of freedom fighters against the King.<ref name="LotFB-Hunted">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – [[Legacy of the First Blade]]: [[Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted|Hunted]]''</ref>
In 465 BCE, Xerxes was killed by [[Darius]], later considered to be one of the first proto-[[Assassins]], marking the first recorded use of the [[Hidden Blade]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref name="The Essential Guide">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]''</ref>
 
In August 465 BCE, while Xerxes' convoy was under attack, Darius sneaked in from behind and assassinated the King, marking the first recorded use of the [[Hidden Blade]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref name="The Essential Guide">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]''</ref><ref name="LotFB-Hunted" />


He was succeeded by his son [[Artaxerxes I of Persia|Artaxerxes I]].<ref name="ACOd" />
He was succeeded by his son [[Artaxerxes I of Persia|Artaxerxes I]].<ref name="ACOd" />


==Influence and legacy==
==Personality and characteristics==
By the time of the [[Peloponnesian War]], a [[Xerxes Military Fort|fort]] within [[Lokris]] was named after him.<ref name="ACOd" />
According to the story he was a cruel, ruthless, sadistic, ambitious and dictatorial man obsessed with conquering Greece to avenge his own father. He did not tolerate the resistance of his enemies against his giant Persian army, considering it as useless. He was also a ally of the [[Order of the Ancients]] from which almost all his evil came.
 
The place where Xerxes had performed his sacrifice of horses, women, and men near the river Strymon was afterwards known as [[Xerxes' Sacrifice of the Nine]]. The [[Followers of Ares]] had made their camp therein, and were subsequently slain by the [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]].<ref name="ACOd" />
 
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Xerxes I.jpg|Potrait of Xerxes I
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"Nothing. Your deaths mean nothing. The Order cannot be stopped."
―Xerxes before being assassinated, 465 BCE[src]-[m]

Xerxes I of Persia (c. 519 BCE – c. 465 BCE), also known as Xerxes the Great, was the son of Darius I, the Emperor of Achaemenid Empire, during the Greco-Persian Wars.

Biography

Like his father, Xerxes I was a strong ally[1][2] of the Order of the Ancients.[3]

Additionally, the Cult of Kosmos supported Xerxes in his attempted conquest of Greece, unsuccessfully trying to sway King Leonidas of Sparta to allow Xerxes to conquer the land through their puppet, the Oracle of Delphi. In 480 BCE, Xerxes led a Second Persian invasion of Greece, where his armies clashed with that of Leonidas in Malis.[3]

In 465 BCE, Xerxes was killed by Darius, later considered to be one of the first proto-Assassins, marking the first recorded use of the Hidden Blade.[4][5]

He was succeeded by his son Artaxerxes I.[3]

Personality and characteristics

According to the story he was a cruel, ruthless, sadistic, ambitious and dictatorial man obsessed with conquering Greece to avenge his own father. He did not tolerate the resistance of his enemies against his giant Persian army, considering it as useless. He was also a ally of the Order of the Ancients from which almost all his evil came.

Gallery

  • Potrait of Xerxes I
    Potrait of Xerxes I

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Abstergo Files
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed II
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide

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