DZ Season 063 Part 4. 300 Spartans and All That – Xerxes Women.
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From the time of making the decision to invade Greece, military contingents, and their entourages from all over the Persian Empire descended on the capital, Susa. Herodotus tells us that this was made up of 2,641,610 fighting men. He says that he conservatively allows for an equal number of servants, camp followers, crews of provision boats and other craft that sailed with the expedition. So no less than 5,283,220 men and women descended on Susa.
With all of those powerful individuals gathered together in Xerxes capital, Susa, it was natural for Xerxes to want to show off, among other possessions, his beautiful wife, the Queen – but not in a way that she was likely to approve of.
Tag words: Persian Empire; Herodotus; The Histories; Xerxes; Candaules; The English Patient; Kristin-Scott Thomas; Gyges; Queen Vashti; Book of Esther; Bible; Mordecai;
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