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Go to https://nordvpn.com/follehistoire to get a 2-year subscription, all with a huge discount! Satisfied or refunded for the first 30 days! Today we are interested in a significant figure of the Persian Wars: the great King of Persia Xerxes I, victor of Thermopylae! ???? To follow me: ▶️ Twitter: @lafollehistoire / lafollehistoire ▶️ Twitch: LaFolleHistoire / lafollehistoire ▶️ Instagram: lafollehistoire / lafollehistoire ????️ Find the channel of @D'Histoires en Histoire / @dhistoiresenhistoire ???? If you want to give a tip: ▶️ uTip: https://utip.io/lafollehistoire ???? Music: Audionetwork https://fr.audionetwork.com/project/v... ???? Sources: Vincent AZOULAY, “Towards a decolonization of Mediterranean history - From Africa to Greece”, Africa and History, 2005 Dominique BRIQUEL and Jean-Luc DESNIER, “The passage of the Hellespont by Xerxes”, Bulletin of the Guillaume Budé Association n°1, 1983 Jean DUMORTIER, “The Retreat of Xerxes after Salamis (Persians, 480-514)”, Revue des Études Grecques No. 76, 1963 Robert MORKOT, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece, 1993 Claude ORRIEUX and Pauline SCHMIDT-PANTEL, Greek History, 1995 Nicolas RICHER, Sparta – City of Arts, Arms and Laws, 2018 Thomas SCHMIDT, “Plutarch, Political Precepts and the Story of the Persian Wars”, Cahiers des études anciennes XLVI, 2009 Video credit: BATTLE OF MARATHON l 490 BC l Athenian Hoplites Against Persian Army l Total War Cinematic • BATTLE OF MARATHON l 490 BC l Athenia...