Cyrus I the Great
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Xerxes was so important because he launched a invasion of Greece, with 180,000 troops and thousands of warship and supply vessels.
King Xerxes I was born in 519 BCE.
Xerxes the Great was king of the Persian Empire.
Xerxes ordered the sea receive 300 lashes for daring to defy him.
Xerxes didn't cricify Leonidas. After he was killed in battle he had his head impaled on a pike. There is no record of any outcome of this act. Xerxes lost his war because of defeat in the sea battle of Salamis which had nothing to do with Leonidas.