CORONATION OF XERXES THE GREAT

by - February 11, 2020


486 B.C.E. Ú CORONATION OF XERXES THE GREAT


Emperor Xerxes (518–465 B.C.E.) was the son of Darius the Great and Empress Atusa (daughter of Cyrus the Great). After his accession in October 486 B.C.E, he tried to restore peace and order in the empire, he suppressed the revolts in Egypt and Babylon that had broken out the year before. His early wife and queen (prior to Esther) Amestris Shahbanu was the beautiful daughter of Otanes (A Persian nobleman mentioned in the Histories of Herodotus as a defender of the idea of democracy.). She was also an Achaemenid military Commander and her mother was an Arteshbod General of the Imperial Army. Amestris was known to have been poorly regarded by biased ancient Greek historians. She had the reputation to be more bloodthirsty than any Persian king had ever been against those who broke the law, in order to set a precedent for the importance of the rule of law in the empire. Queen Amestris was a great and very strict law-giver. Worth to mention is that after her death King Darius II of Persia named his daughter Amestris after her.


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