The Anson Record17h
Celebrating Women: All hail the Trailblazer Queen
A woman who rarely receives praise, though her disobedience was for an understandable reason and ultimately provided the ...
Greek Reporter1d
When Persians Destroyed Athens: The Burning of Acropolis and the Rebuilding of a City
In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called “the Persian Destruction of Athens.” The destruction of the great city took ...
TV Guide4y
300 - Full Cast & Crew
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.
PBS8y
Artemisia, Warrior-Queen of Halicarnassus
Her major claim to fame occurred during the battle of Salamis, which King Xerxes of Persia watched from his golden throne on the shore. Finding herself trapped between the deadly Greek triremes ...
PBS8y
Shipwreck, from The Greeks documentary
By night he sent a messenger to the Persian king, Xerxes, informing him that the Greeks intended to flee. Unless he acted now, Xerxes would lose the opportunity to defeat the Greeks in one fell swoop.
TV Guide2y
300 - Full Cast & Crew
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.