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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- King of Persia (486–465) who organized a vast army that defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae and sacked Athens (480). After the defeat of his navy at Salamis (480) and of his army at Plataea (479), he retreated to Persia, where he was later assassinated.
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- noun king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC)
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In 485 Darius was succeeded by his son, Xerxes I, who immediately set out to reconquer Egypt and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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