Xerxes I of Persia (; x-š-y-a-r-š-a , meaning "ruling over heroes",
Greek (519–465 BC), also known as
Xerxes the Great, was the fourth of the
king of kings of the
Achaemenid Empire. He ruled from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC at the hands of
Artabanus, the commander of the royal bodyguard.