Xerxes, the son of Darius I, ruled Persia from 485 to 465 In 480 , he set out for Sardis (seen here) and from there marched west with his army to capture Greece. This time period is that of the so-called Persian Wars—the Greek fleet decisively defeated the Persians under King Xerxes at Salamis, an island in the Gulf of Aegina in eastern Greece. Among the Greek leaders was Themistocles.

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