Xerxes I

Xerxes was the son of Darius I. 

but darius had 3 other sons... and xerxes wasn't the oldest. so he adoped the spartan system of the first son born after the dad becomes king is the rightful heir. i mean xerxes was persian n0t greek but ANYWAY...

he becomes king.

he finishes off his dad's building projects and makes his own, like The Gate Of All Lands at Persepolis.

xerxes presents himself as a king who acts upon the wishes of Ahuramazda. 

The greeksn say he was an immature, egocentric idiot. maybe they both have an element of truth...

EGYPT!-

xerxes deals with the revolts in egypt because there were revolts in egypt at the time. he lead it himself, crushes them and that's it, says our best bud herod. modern historians think herod was…