Xerxes I was likely persuaded by his cousin Mardonius to invade Greece in 480 BCE in order to avenge the late king Darius I. Darius, Xerxes’ father, had abandoned his own invasion after an embarrassing defeat at Marathon in 490. Mardonius may have desired war so that he could become satrap of Greece.
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Why did Xerxes I go to war with the Greeks?
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