Who am I ..? History Trivia?

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1) My name means "Hero among Rulers"
2) I was crowned the Emperor in October-December of 486 BC
3) I completed the works unfinished by my Father in Susa and Persepolis
4) I am the only Ruler in history to make a bridge out of ships stretching through Hellespont when I destroyed Athens after reaching it.
 
Your name is Xerxes, king of the Persians.
But despite your wealth and power you could not better the Greeks.
It must have been a shock to you to witness your mighty fleet destroyed in the Saronic Gulf by a smaller force and your army annihilated subsequently. But such is the vanity of man and kings.
Your famous and unique bridge was destroyed also by the very Greeks you intended to subjugate.
Vanity, vanity, all is vanity.
 
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