OLD FOOL? Although best remembered for ordering the sea to be whipped, there was more to this Perian king than his enemies would have us believe
ALAMY X1, GETTY X1
The Persian ‘King of Kings’, Xerxes I, looked out across the Saronic Gulf. Seated on his throne atop the imposing Mount Aigaleo, a wonderful vantage point just outside Athens, he watched his mighty naval fleet do battle with the Greeks at the Battle of Salamis. What he saw, however, would disappoint him and send him (and many of his men) packing for good. His arrogance would prove to be his downfall, not only in Greece, but within the whole Persian Empire.
A BORN KING