Darius wished to concentrate as much of that power as possible in one place to overwhelm Alexander’s much smaller force. We cannot know the exact numbers of the Persian army as our sources tend ...

Everything personal is likely to be put on hold when the news breaks that the Persian King of kings Darius's vast army is marching on Greece, hoping its internal division will make its conquest a ...

It was to be his 'divine punishment' for his father Darius' crushing defeat at Marathon ... By the spring of 480 Xerxes' army had reached Macedonia in the north of Greece. In response a contingent ...